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In case you missed it, that $30,000 my friend Jon Acuff (the Stuff Christians Like dude) was trying to raise through his readers? Well, he raised it. ALREADY. IN 18 HOURS!

Pretty amazing, if you think about it. A funny dude who blogs on the side of his regular 9 to 5 has such a committed bunch of readers, that they partnered with him and donated $30K in less than a day.

I think it’s remarkable, and so did the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which ran a story about Jon and his readers on Wednesday.

So many people missed the first window of giving, that Jon has decided to raise another $30,000 for a second school in Vietnam. And as of this morning he had already raised one third of it.

If this is the first you’ve heard of this, you can read Jon’s post about it here. Or you can go here to see how much has been given and donate yourself.

Thanks again for considering

pps…May or may not be a top secret project in the works that involves Jon, yours truly, and some other studs. More info on that as early as next week.

My friend Jon Acuff (the Stuff Christians Like dude) has asked his amazing community of readers to join him in building a Kindergarten in Vietnam by the end of the year.

The building, which is going to be built through the Samaritan’s Purse organization, is going to cost $30,000 to build. That’s a lot of money, in case you weren’t sure.

To read more about why Jon is doing this (including the comment from his 6-year old daughter that inspired the project) and to donate to the cause, check out his post on SCL today.

Thanks for considering

ps…if you’re too lazy to click over to Jon’s site but you want to give anyway, here’s the link.

pps…new Humor Survey coming tomorrow!

Feeling guilty about watching American Idol? Instead of wallowing in your shame, would you like to do something about it?

Before each episode pick a charity to donate to and keep score throughout the length of the show. You have to donate $1 for each time one of these events occur:

• Simon Cowell rolls his eyes
• A judge uses the phrase “song choice”
• A contestant uses their fingers to tell you which number to dial following their performance
• Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell flirt with each other
• The crowd applauds after one of Paula’s inebriated complimentary rants
• Randy says “you know dawg”, “it was just alright”, or “that was hot”
• Paula says “you are a shining light”or “i love you and want you to buy me a drink”
• Simon says “awful”, “i enjoy ogling female contestants”, or “karaoke”

If you’re fast enough to keep track without losing count, you’ll probably raise over $100 for your charity of choice.

And if you’re one of those folks who thinks David Archuleta is a lock to win this year, just remember that people were saying the same thing about Melinda Doolittle and Lakesha Jones last season.

I mean, not that i watch or anything. That’s just what i heard at, umm, the water cooler at work.