Thanks to DeadSocial, founded by James Norris, you can now post to Facebook and Twitter after you have passed away.
"It really allows you to
be creative and literally extend the personality you had while alive in
death," said James Norris, founder of DeadSocial. "It allows you to be able to say those final goodbyes."
Users can pick times to make different posts public after they have died. These posts can include text, audio, and video messages.
You'll be able to say whatever you want, to whomever you want, when you pass away. I find it very interesting. I mean with everyone being on Facebook and/or Twitter, you always wonder what will happen when you pass away. DeadSocial is giving you the chance to admit to that crush you never could or just to tell your family and friends that you love them one last time on camera. That will be something that they will be able to hold onto forever and keep with them. If you don't have the chance to say goodbye to everyone you want to, with DeadSocial you will be able to.
Find out more information about DeadSocial here in the article CNN.com posted.
Today the Olympian, Oscar Pistorius, was released on bail after being accused of premeditated murder after killing him girlfriend on February 14th.
CNN.com quoted Magistrate Desmond Nair in their article.
"I come to the conclusion that the accused has made a case to be
released on bail," Nair said, eliciting a celebratory cry of "Yes!" from
the courtroom.
It will be interesting to see what they will charge Mr. Pistorius. I'm not sure what I think about the case so far. Whether he is guilty of premeditated murder or not, it seems obvious that he regrets what happened. He has been crying and sobbing any time his girlfriend's name was mentioned in the hearing.
Tomorrow, at Charlemagne Record Exchange in Five Points South, I will be hosting a Bobby Long Wishbone listening party!
I won a contest from ATO Records to be able to have the CD to play at a venue for a listening party. I'm very excited about this event and would love if you came! There will be pizza and other snacks to enjoy with the great music! You won't want to miss out on this party and Bobby's CD! It lives up to all the hype it has been getting. I have been listening to it nonstop since Monday when my package came. So, stop by and enjoy the music! If you can't come to the Birmingham party there are still some other parties going on! Click here to see the list of other parties going on around the country!
Courtesy of ATO Records
Read more about Bobby Long and his sophomore album, Wishbone, on my first blog post here!
On Tuesday, February 12, a gunman entered Chelsea Middle School around 3:10 pm. He proceeded to hold five girls hostage in the locker room for 20 minutes while the resource officer and principal negotiated with him to let the girls go. Nobody was hurt and he was arrested.
The young man is only 21 years old was a Chelsea High School graduate and former part time summer employee at the Middle School. He has been charged with five counts of kidnapping and an act of terrorism. His bail is over five million dollars.
This event has hit very close to home for me. Not only am I a Chelsea High School graduate as well, I also knew the gunman in high school. He was on the football team for a little bit of his high school career, and at that time I was a student athletic trainer in charge of freshmen football players.
He was always the one that I didn't have to jump on to do the things that needed to be done. Never in a million years would I have guessed he'd be the one to do something like this. It breaks my heart to think that he has ruined his life in a rash decision over who knows what.
Something needs to be done. I think it would be best to have more armed security at schools. In this day and age where guns are everywhere now, and there is no changing that, more protection is the answer. I know that costs a lot of money, but this is no longer happening in different states. This is happening right here. In Shelby County, Alabama. In my home town...at my old middle school, by somebody that I used to know. What are we going to do about it?
This has put me out of sorts this week. I knew this kid. I talked to him and spent a large amount of time with him. What if he would have decided to do this when we were in high school? This could be a different story. I'm so thankful that nobody was hurt and I know that justice will happen and that he will get a punishment to fit his crime.
In September 2012 I was fortunate enough to be able to travel to Fairfax, Virginia, with a childhood friend, to a private concert involving Bobby Long, Marcus Foster, Sam Bradley, and Edward Hartline. My friend, Lindsay, and I had no idea who Edward Hartline was. I looked him up on Facebook and I read his 'About Me' and saw he was from Montgomery, Alabama and was 16 years old. I figured perhaps the Facebook page hadn't been updated in a while and there couldn't be any way he was 16. I listened to one of his songs, his music fits the Folk Blues genre, and thought he sounded pretty good, but he was not my main focus for that weekend.
Photo courtesy of Kymber Hill
Then, came the weekend I had been looking forward to for a while. A once in a lifetime opportunity, and who was the opening act? Edward Hartline. He took the stage and said, "Thank you for coming all this way to see me play...and only me." The kid had a sense of humor and Lindsay and I found ourselves laughing. Then, he started to play. I was amazed. I leaned over to Lindsay and told her there was no earthly way that this guy could be 16. She pulled up his Facebook page and his website on her iPhone and both said he was 16. I still couldn't believe it. He sounds and acts much older than 16.
After the first night's performance we were in line to meet the other artist that had played that night and we stopped to talk to Edward. I told him I didn't believe he was 16, to which he pulled out his license to show me he was indeed only 16. He was funny and we talked for a while with him and then he had to leave the venue since it was turned into a 21+ club.
The next day we were back in line to get autographs of the other artists and he joined us. We talked for a while and he had us laughing again. He was such a nice kid. Lindsay and I continued to talk about him the rest of the night and on our twelve hour drive home the next day.
Edward Hartline will be in Birmingham on Sunday, February 17, 2013 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. to play a show at Rojo Birmingham. There is NO cover! He's just playing for tips and selling CDs! Just stop by and enjoy a delicious dinner!
You can purchase Edward's CD through his website, iTunes, CD Baby, and Amazon. You won't be disappointed! Edward will also have a brand new EP available at shows only! You'll want to get the chance to hear him play live. I have no doubt that he's going to go far in the music industry. He's one of the sweetest guys I have ever met and his lyrics are wonderful.
You'll want to be there Sunday, at Rojo Birmingham from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.!
Edward's song, Born for Blues, is one of my absolute favorites!
More information about Edward Hartline can be found here:
Website: http://www.edwardhartline.net/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Edward-Hartline/129581070416209?ref=ts&fref=ts
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EdwardHartline
Stories from the Road: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Edward-Hartline-Stories-from-the-Road/199578846730719?ref=ts&fref=ts
Official Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hart-Breakers/459452984110278?ref=ts&fref=ts
Four days ago a man shot a bus driver and took a five-year-old boy hostage. The man is keeping the boy in a bunker he made himself. Police are trying to negotiate with him to get the five-year-old home to his parents.
The boy has ADHD and Asperger's and the police have to give the boy his medicine through a PVC pipe they have fed into the bunker.
I know everyone is wanting to attack this man. I'm not justifying his actions in anyway. He's doing some terrible things. However, with the way his neighbors have described him it sounds as if he has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Jimmy Lee Dykes was in the Navy from 1964 to 1969, it is said that he served in Japan during Vietnam. His neighbors said that he would take a flashlight and a shotgun out every night to patrol his land and he didn't like people to mess with his things.
It sounds to me he has a serious disorder that has never been treated. It is terrible that he has not gotten the help he has needed in the past forty-five years. I hope that the police are able to get this kid out of the bunker and home to his family.
In 2010 a man poisoned the oak trees that are located at the corner of College Street and Magnolia Avenue in Auburn, Alabama. The
man that is accused of poisoning the trees will go to trial on April
8th of this year. It will be interesting to see what his sentence will
be for killing these historic trees.
People who don't live in the state of Alabama may wonder what makes these trees that important? Why would he care to poison trees?
Well, the beloved trees are rolled, or TP'd as I grew up calling it, after every big win from Auburn University. It is a tradition that has been around for an extremely long time. When I went on a college tour there when I was a junior in high school the tour guide informed us that part of the student fees go to cleaning up the trees after they are rolled. It is a tradition that has made it's way into the heart of every Auburn fan.
What makes this current events? Auburn University has announced that the last day to roll these trees will be on April 20, the same day as the football team's A-day. After attempts to save the trees has proven to be impossible the trees will be gone shortly after the A-day game.
The college has plans with the city of Auburn to put something else on "Toomer's Corner" to allow fans to continue the tradition.
You can also purchase a book about the trees titled 'The Spirit Tree' written by Erin Lough and Mave Lough Duke.
Photo courtesy of The Spirit Tree at Toomer's Corner website.
