Independence Day!!
Saturday, July 5th @ 1:44 AM
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I love the 4th of July. A true American Holiday! Thank You to all the Service Men and Women serving our country. Land of the free and home of the brave.
I spent tonight with my family on our boat watching some fireworks. Above is a short clip.
I also think that I love this holiday so much because it was the only time of the year it was OK, as a little boy, to play with fire and explosives! If you have any cool stories of things you may or may not have blown up, please do share!!
Also, this 4th of July is special because is it exactly one week before the release of the new iPhone!
Australians Making Odd Choices For Funeral Songs
Thursday, July 3rd @ 1:52 PM
This is an article I read on Boing Boing. Great blog, lots of off the wall stuff. The article was originally posted on Yahoo News. I found the article to be very interesting. Times are changing, and the way we do funeral services is changing. The funeral industry is being revolutionized!
Australians Making Odd Choices For Funeral Songs
ADELAIDE, Australia - Hymns are being replaced at funerals in one Australian city by popular rock classics like Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and AC/DC's "Highway to Hell," a cemetery manager said Wednesday.
At Centennial Park, the largest cemetery and crematorium in the southern city of Adelaide, only two hymns still rank among its top 10 most popular funeral songs: "Amazing Grace" and "Abide With Me."
Leading the funeral chart is crooner Frank Sinatra's classic hit "My Way," followed by Louis Armstrong's version of "Wonderful World," a statement said.
The Led Zeppelin and AC/DC rock anthems rank outside the top 10, but have gained ground in recent years as more Australians give up traditional Christian hymns.
"Some of the more unusual songs we hear actually work very well within the service because they represent the person's character," Centennial Park chief executive Bryan Elliott said.
Among other less conventional choices were "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" by the Monty Python comedy team, "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead," "Hit the Road Jack," "Another One Bites the Dust" and "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead."
Don't Let Your Competitor "One Up" You
Tuesday, July 1st @ 11:23 AM
It is not a fad, it is not a trend, it is the way our society has learned to function. It is the way people find information about things they don’t know a lot about. It is the Internet, and people use websites to find information out about businesses. Last time I wrote about getting your website up to par, now once that is done what is next?
Funeral Industry: Don't Let Your Competitor "One Up" You
By: Ryan Thogmartin
Put your web address on everything. Put it on your business cards, stationary, checks return address labels, all advertising, and MOST OF ALL put in at the end of ALL THE OBITUARIES you submit to the newspapers. Don’t let your competitor “ONE UP” you and do if first. If they are already doing it, then you need to do it and do it better. Put your logo below the obit with your web address below it.
Why is this important? You just spend valuable dollars getting your website perfect, now you need people to traffic it. What is better than using an obit that the whole community reads, and it is free?
If you are already doing this then keep it up. If you are not, then you need to seriously considerate it. The more you get your firms name in front of potential customers, the better chance you have of being the first firm they think of in a tie of need.
