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In 2008, the summer solstice will occur at 23:59 hours UT on 20th June (Friday). It is the first time since 1975 that it hasn’t occurred on 21st June. The summer solstice is, as you may know, the longest day of the western hemisphere. To celebrate, Gossip Girl Report, the Entertainment Channel and b5media are having The Great Blog Off on June 20.
Here’s the scoop:
1, At crushable.com – and all over b5media – we will blog at least once per hour for each hour of the day beginning at midnight our time (I’m EST). Yep, that’s 24 hours straight blogging.
2, NO pre-posting allowed. So, everything that is posted will be fresh – or as fresh as can be whilst sleep deprived.
3, Guest bloggers ARE allowed and are, in fact, highly encouraged.
Yep, that last part means that I’m going to be looking for some guest bloggers. Ideally, you would agree to “cover” for me some time between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. EST on June 20.
But even if those times don’t work for you, I’d love to have you participate. Send me an email (look for my email link in the sidebar) if you’d like to be on the guest post list (I’ll get you confirmations, how tos and more details later). You don’t have to be a Gossip Girl expert – but you do have to write something about the cast or the show (even if it’s that you don’t like it) for the Great Blog Off.
And it gets better.
The Great Blog Off is also an opportunity to do something good. The Entertainment Channel will be taking charitable pledges (details forthcoming). If, for example, you want to donate $1 for every hour that I blog on June 20, you would donate $24. Obviously, flat donations are also appreciated. No need to pull out your wallet now – there will be more information about this closer to the date.
The b5media Entertainment Channel will be supporting The Actors Fund as our charity for the Great Blog Off. The Actors Fund is a nonprofit, national human services organization that helps entertainment and performing arts professionals in theater, film, music, opera, television and dance through a broad spectrum of social, health, employment, and housing programs that address their essential and critical needs.
Charity Navigator gives The Actors Fund their highest rating for, among other things, having a low administrative expenses to donations ratio.
I am really excited about this event. I predict that it will be the most fun day of the year to read my blog! Keep checking by for details…