I am a blogger who likes to write about technology, social media and gaming. You can read my blog at HMTK.com.I am also very active in the Pokemon community and you can visit my Pokemon site by going to PokeFarm.com.
Just What Does $2.16 Billion Buy You These Days?? Posted: 4 weeks ago by hmtksteve
In the last two weeks alone, Iraq has made purchase requests totaling $10.9 billion.
And now comes a purchase request coming in at $2.16 billion. So just what does $2.16 billion buy us theses days?? Well according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency:
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Harry Potter: The Tales of Beedle the Bard goes mass market Posted: 1 month ago by hmtksteve
Remember that little book of tales J.K. Rawling wrote and only published a handful of copies? amazon has just announced that they are taking preorders and the book will be out in time for Christmas!
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9yr old arrested for setting fire to a kitten Posted: 1 month ago by hmtksteve
Makes me long for the days of "eye for an eye" justice.
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I'm not crazy! There is something alive in the walls!!! Posted: 2 months ago by hmtksteve
A Brooklyn man found himself locked up in a loony bin for four days after he smashed down walls in three apartments trying to rescue a fugitive feline.
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Estelle Getty of 'Golden Girls' dies at 84 Posted: 2 months ago by hmtksteve
Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 84.
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Replacing Russert, An Impossible Task? Posted: 3 months ago by hmtksteve
Tim Russert was more than just a guy with a TV show. He was instrumental in how the network functioned in regards to covering politics. The big question now is, "Can the network find a replacement?"
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New York street sweeper sucks up (and kills) dog on a leash Posted: 3 months ago by hmtksteve
While preparing to put his dogs into his car a street sweeper came along and sucked one of his dogs up. The dog was still on the leash. No, the dog did not survive.
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CT brings back different gas pricing for cash and credit cards Posted: 3 months ago by hmtksteve
CT is now allowing gas station owners to offer discounted prices to consumer who pay with cash rather than a credit card. Considering the bite credit card companies take out of each transaction this is great news for station owners and customers.
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NBC's Tim Russert dies of apparent heart attack Posted: 3 months ago by hmtksteve
Tim Russert, host of NBC's "Meet the Press" and its Washington bureau chief collapsed and died at work Friday after suffering an apparent heart attack. He was 58
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She's Got The Look - Model Show where models are age 35+ Posted: 3 months ago by hmtksteve
Link goes to pics of the contestants. One of who is 63! The 50 year old woman is smokkkkkkkkkinnnnnnnnnnn!!!
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"Carbon" Credit Cards in the U.K.'s Future? Posted: 3 months ago by hmtksteve
Individual carbon allowances could be introduced within five years as the Government seeks to slash harmful greenhouse gas emissions, according to a feasibility study published today.
Ministers are considering plans which could see everybody issued with a carbon 'credit card' to be swiped on payment for petrol, flights and utility bills.
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How to rob a bank step 1: divert the police Posted: 3 months ago by hmtksteve
In Danbury CT a bomb threat was called in on a local school. While police were investigating the "bomb-like" device a bank across town was being robbed. Coincidence or clever thieves?
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Lies we tell our kids Posted: 4 months ago by hmtksteve
Awesome essay on the lies parents tell their kids. Yes it is loooong. Yes it is worth the read.
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Meet the iPhone Killer - The Diamond by THC Posted: 4 months ago by hmtksteve
Just unveiled at a lavish event in London, HTC—maker of the sleek Touch for Sprint—has a new touchscreen gem on its hands.
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The 2008 Presidential Candidates as viewed from Denmark Posted: 4 months ago by hmtksteve
We in Denmark cannot figure out why you are even bothering to hold an election. When you really look at the three remaining candidates there is no contest!
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Who Knew Scamming 419ers Was So Much Fun? Posted: 4 months ago by hmtksteve
U haz a rich dead friend in Nigeria. Plz help me to transfer sum of 10.2 million dollars to America. All I needz is ur checking account number...
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Al-Qaida answers questions for a Q&A session, admits no wrong doing Posted: 5 months ago by hmtksteve
Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri says Al-Qaida does not kill innocents.. Well, unless they get in the way or happen to find themselves nearby, or something... Yeah, that's it.
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Craigslist Hoaxers Busted Posted: 5 months ago by hmtksteve
A week after a man came home to find 30 people ransacking his house due to a posting on Craigslist saying people could come and get all his stuff, two people have been arrested. Turns out they posted the hoax ad to cover-up their own robbery comitted several days before!
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Indy Racing League instituting new Weight Rules on Drivers Posted: 5 months ago by hmtksteve
Up until now Indy Car Racing has had a minimum weight rule on cars. However, since Danica Patrick came on the scene (100 pounds, 20 pounds less than the other two woman on the circuit) there has been a good bit of b***hing about what advantage she might get for being lighter than other drivers.
IRL is now going to require the driver's weight be included in the minimum weight for the vehicle.
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Texas, where 12 is old enough to be a stripper Posted: 5 months ago by hmtksteve
The mother of the 12-year-old says she believes the club must have known her daughter was underage.
"I think they just didn't care," her mother said. "She's 12, but she's got the body of a 20-year-old. All they were thinking about was the money she could bring in."
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Private Group Ranks Nations Based on Prosperity and Stability Posted: 6 months ago by hmtksteve
A one-year investigation and analysis of 235 countries and dependent territories has put the UK joint seventh in the premier league of nations. The top ten comprise also the Vatican, Sweden, Luxembourg, Monaco, Gibraltar, San Marino, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands and the Irish Republic.
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Wal-Mart Sells Straws Shaped Like Penis Posted: 6 months ago by hmtksteve
Andrea Bailey says she went shopping at the Ashland Wal-Mart on Thursday, February 28th, and bought a package of fun straws for her three 3-year-old daughter, Ashlynn. Bailey says Ashlynn came in and used one shaped like a heart. A couple others in the package, though, were shaped like something different.
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Supreme Court to take up Second Ammendment Case Posted: 6 months ago by hmtksteve
A Washington DC case on gun ownership laws is to be heard by the Supreme Court this year. Never have three commas caused so much controversy... (The amendment reads: "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." )
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Weather Channel Founder to Sue Al Gore for Fraud Posted: 6 months ago by hmtksteve
The founder of the Weather Channel wants to sue Al Gore for fraud, hoping a legal debate will settle the global-warming debate once and for all.
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Politics meets Pokemon Posted: 6 months ago by hmtksteve
What would happen if the presidential election were morphed into the world of Pokemon?
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