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My town is pimp…yesterday I was at the DQ with my family and I was reading the paper (lol-I’m old ok) and I found out that OMG–a couple, Lora and Layton Ellis, from MY town Midland, TX won Most Inspiring to Follow 2009 Award from Mashable—YES the Social Media giant!!!  They won for their daily YouTube diary about FAMILY. Ever since Lora found out she had a bun in the oven, she has been documenting the journey of  life with her camera and posting the videos to the couple’s YouTube channel.

“As the winner of the ‘Most Inspiring to Follow’ category in the Open Web Awards, loraandlayton has been voted among the best of the Web in 2009,” Mashable CEO Pete Cashmore said in a press release.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with Midland, TX–we are most infamously known for being where the Presidential Bush family hails from, where Baby Jessica fell in the well, and well… “wells”. We love our oil here!! Truth be told, the majority of people still sit around and watch the local 6 o” clock news and wouldn’t know a Tweet if it bit them   

 It blows my mind that a Midland, TX couple won an award from the un-arguable LEADER in the social media revolution Mashable.com! Go, Tall City, Go!

Read more on MyWestTexas.com

I added my first video to Twitter Friday evening. Check it out: Raven on Twitter. Tip for next time: Bubble Tweet only allows a 30 second playback. So I must redo…for now, “it is, what it is!” I hope you enjoy, let me know what you think, Thanks..have a great Memorial weekend.

~ @VirtualRaven

“May the 4th be with you”

Today I am happy to say “May the 4th be with you!” As many of you know I named my son Anakin because I am a huge fan of the Lucas series: STAR WARS. Check out this scene that I hope to get to say to my youngest boy as he grows into a man (hopefully not Vader!)

May 4th is called Star Wars Day because of a pun or play on words based on the similarity between “May the 4th be with you” and “May the force be with you“, a phrase often spoken in the Star Wars movies. In common usage the joke might be presented:

John Doe: Happy Star Wars Day!
Jane Doe: What?
John Doe: May the 4th be with you!

As an example of the cultural impact of Star Wars, the joke is recorded^[1] in the UK parliament’s Hansard.

Despite efforts to start^[2] a Jedi Church with 4 May as its Star Wars Day, as of 4 May 2009 there is no religion-supporting organization that promotes 4 May as Star Wars Day.

Loyal fans of Star Wars, on this day, participate in a variety of activities. Movie Marathons are common whether or not this is a weekend and the Chicagan Convention is known to occur on this day two years ago^[when?].

Star Wars Day. (2009, May 4). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:51, May 4, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars_Day&oldid=287842587