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General September 15th, 2007 by Force Drainer

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Hi Folks,

I’m just letting you know that the ROCKWARS ’ Silly Pix’ page is back, and it’s better than before!

How so? It’s RSS enabled, so you’ll always know when new pix are added PLUS you’ll be able to upload you OWN pix to the page.

Also, at the end of each month, I’ll look at all the new additions that you have submitted. The best one wins a ROCKWARS related prize! Prizes from the past have been dinner for two at a popular restaurant, my 911 flag magnet, and movie tickets, just to name a few.

Let the games begin! Please keep the pix rated PG. Goto the ROCKWARS Self-Indulgent Page and check it out!

Cheers,
Paul Starybrat
Da Force Drainer

General and Internet and Technology September 11th, 2007 by HMTKSteve

I have stopped using FeedBurner for my feeds. I have been debating this descision since it was announced that Google was buying up FeedBurner.

I could say that I will miss the tracking information but, to be honest, FeedBurner never worked that well for me. It told me how many subscribers I have but all of the other information on click-through on the feed never materialized.

Some of you may have to adjust your RSS feed reader for this change others will not.

General and Ramblings and Random September 8th, 2007 by HMTKSteve

So as not to be outdone by all the redneck, hillbilly, and Texan jokes, somebody had to come up with this, you know you're from California if:

1. Your coworker has 8 body piercings and none are visible.

2. You make over $300,000 and still can't afford a house.

3. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English.

4. Your child's 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named Flower.

5. You can't remember . is pot illegal?

6. You've been to a baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm donor.

7. You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown, and you can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.

8. You can't remember . . is pot illegal?

9. A really great parking space can totally move you to tears.

10. Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S.!

11. Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30 am at Starbucks wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney really IS George Clooney.

12. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.

13. You can't remember . .is pot illegal?

14. It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station: "STORM WATCH."

15. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cells or pagers.

16. It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.

17. HEY!!!! Is pot illegal????

18. Both you AND your dog have therapists, psychics, personal trainers and cosmetic surgeons.

19. The Terminator is your governor.

20. If you drive illegally, they take your driver's license. If you're here illegally, they want to give you one

received via email, no idea who made the list

General and Internet September 1st, 2007 by HMTKSteve

Here is a quick (cropped) screen cap of my work on the new theme.

Test Header

Click on the image to see it full size.

The color scheme will be red/black and there will be rounded corners (among other things). I'm also going to use excerpts on the front page and utilize my footer space better than I do now. The basic design scheme is four column even though you will not see four columns.

Let me know what you think of the new header.

General August 8th, 2007 by HMTKSteve

Hello everyone!

I will be taking a short vacation during the week of August 12 - 18, 2007. I have a few articles scheduled to run during that time frame but, as always when I go away, I open the blog up to those of you who might like to write a guest piece.

If you are interested please contact me!

PS: No Pokemon articles please, those go on the other blog ;)

General and Internet August 5th, 2007 by HMTKSteve

I moved the lions share of my Pokemon articles over to PokeFarm.com this weekend and I have to say that the impact on my page views and traffic in general is astounding! I have lost about 60% of my traffic by moving the Pokemon articles to their own blog.

You can expect HMTK.com to continue to focus on gaming and I will be getting back to writing about social news shortly. I will also be posting more personal stories from my past.

-- HMTKSteve

Family and Food and General and Star Wars August 1st, 2007 by Force Drainer

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Hi Folks,

On Thursday, August 9th 2007, the 501st Legion CT Garrison will be making an appearance at Dairy Queen of East Hartford. Come join the fun! 

Beat the heat! Eat ice cream! Hang out with members of the Galactic Empire and take pictures with them! What more could you ask for? 

Best of all, half of the money generated from the day’s sales from the “Blizzard” frozen treat will be given to the Children’s Miracle Network. Everyone wins! 

DATE: 8/9/07 

TIME: 2pm-8pm 

LOCATION: Dairy Queen

441 Main St
East Hartford, CT 06118 

CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS 

Cheers,
The Force Drainer
Paul Starybrat

General and Star Wars July 23rd, 2007 by Force Drainer

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Hi Folks,

On Sunday, July 1st 2007, the 501st Legion CT Garrison inducted John Ratzenberger into the Legion as an honorary member during Bridgeport’s Barnum Festival Parade. It was a real thrill to listen to him talk about his experiences on the set of Empire. After we inducted him, we gave him a handsome plaque, as well as some other 501st swag.

Mr. Ratzenberger was in the film “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back”, playing the part of ‘Major Bren Derlin’, though most people know him as ‘Cliff Claven’ from the television show, “Cheers”.

Cheers,

Paul Starybrat- The Force Drainer



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