Next #FollowFriday might include a federal inmate

Four months after his grassroots-oriented political campaign came to a crashing halt, former state senator Jeff Smith is now making waves by Tweeting from prison.

Smith, who was sentenced to one year and one day after pleading guilty for obstructing an investigation into improper campaign expenditures, is communicating to the outside world through his Twitter account. Shortly after entering prison in Manchester, Ky. this week, Smith began sending e-mails to a political supporter of his, who then posts the updates on his behalf. (I'm scratching my head as to how the heck he has e-mail access behind bars.) Already Smith's tweeted of being elbowed in basketball and having a very skilled chess player as his cell neighbor.

Expect a wave of interest in this political and correctional oddity in the new future. National & international media, the clock is ticking.