<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from www.leastbest.com</title><rights>Copyright 2010 www.leastbest.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2010-07-26T15:00:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.leastbest.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2010:1</id><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2010-07-26:links.412217674</id><title>Jane Austen&apos;s Fight Club</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/jane_austens_fight_club.htm"><![CDATA[While I am reconstructing my blog I came across this video. &nbsp;It combines two things I love, Jane Austen and the movie Fight Club. &nbsp;What more could you ask for?&nbsp;]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/jane_austens_fight_club.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2010-07-26T15:00:00Z</updated><published>2010-07-26T15:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2010-07-26:links.412217595</id><title>Redesign and Restart</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/redesign_and_restart.htm"><![CDATA[Over the next couple weeks I&#39;ll be redesigning and restarting this blog. &nbsp;A great deal has been going on and I am back on track. &nbsp;]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/redesign_and_restart.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2010-07-26T00:25:00Z</updated><published>2010-07-26T00:25:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2010-04-24:links.412207557</id><title>Stylophone and Beatbox</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/roy_book_binder_is_coming_to_town_1.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I just found out that my musical hero, Roy Book Binder is coming to Nighttown May 27th!For those of you who don&#39;t know Roy.&nbsp; Here is a little info.An often stirring folk/blues guitarist and vocalist, Roy Book Binder&#]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/roy_book_binder_is_coming_to_town_1.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2010-04-24T22:34:00Z</updated><published>2010-04-24T22:34:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2010-04-23:links.412207407</id><title>Roy Book Binder is coming to town</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/roy_book_binder_is_coming_to_town.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I just found out that my musical hero, Roy Book Binder is coming to Nighttown May 27th!For those of you who don&#39;t know Roy.&nbsp; Here is a little info.An often stirring folk/blues guitarist and vocalist, Roy Book Binder&#]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/roy_book_binder_is_coming_to_town.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2010-04-23T11:57:00Z</updated><published>2010-04-23T11:57:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2010-04-22:links.412207348</id><title>Tale of the Tooth II</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/tale_of_the_tooth_ii.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Went to the oral surgeon today and I am seriously impressed.&nbsp; The procedure was done with local anesthesia and was totally painless.&nbsp; The only odd part was when he was hitting the chisel with a hammer.&nbsp; Go]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/tale_of_the_tooth_ii.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2010-04-22T18:38:00Z</updated><published>2010-04-22T18:38:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2010-04-22:links.412207185</id><title>Tale of the Tooth</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/tale_of_the_tooth.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I cracked a wisdom tooth and need it removed. &nbsp;The pain is surprising. &nbsp;The dentist tells me it will be an easy removal compared to the one I had removed fifteen years ago. &nbsp;I am so thankful for vicodin. &]]></content><dc:subject>dentist</dc:subject><dc:subject>pain</dc:subject><dc:subject>vicodin</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/tale_of_the_tooth.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2010-04-22T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2010-04-22T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2010-04-21:links.412207147</id><title>Pomplamoose</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/new_band.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been listening to a lot of great music lately.&nbsp; One band that caught me by surprise is Pomplamoose.&nbsp; They do a fantastic cover of Lady Gaga&#39;s Telephone.I love the editing of their video and I like the way they do it over Lady G]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/new_band.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2010-04-21T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2010-04-21T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2010-04-21:links.412207142</id><title>The State of the Blog</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/the_state_of_the_blog.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;ve had a bunch of people asking me if I&#39;ve given up on the blog and the answer is a resounding NO.Let&#39;s catch up.The reason I started this blog initially was to share my short stories. &nbsp;That has worked out wonderfully with some gre]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/the_state_of_the_blog.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2010-04-21T03:24:00Z</updated><published>2010-04-21T03:24:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-11-29:links.412192595</id><title>Cancer and an Accellerated Life</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/cancer_and_an_accellerated_life.htm"><![CDATA[One of my younger brothers is in the hospital recovering from surgery from colon cancer.&nbsp; He seems to be doing well and the family has been supportive.&nbsp; My nieces went to the trouble of having Thanksgiving dinner a week early so that he cou]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/cancer_and_an_accellerated_life.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-11-29T16:32:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-29T16:32:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-10-24:links.412188054</id><title>ThumbTacks Micro-Microphone</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/thumbtacks_micromicrophone.htm"><![CDATA[I love my Ipod Touch.I have hundreds of photos, thousands of songs, full length movies, tv shows and applications on it.&nbsp;One thing that has frustrated me is that unlike the Iphone the Touch has no camera or microphone. &nbsp;I carry a camera (pl]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/thumbtacks_micromicrophone.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-10-24T20:33:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-24T20:33:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-10-19:links.412186959</id><title>Twitter, Facebook and Social Networking</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/twitter_facebook_and_social_networking.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;ve given up on Twitter. &nbsp;I found the concept interesting but the spammers got involved and would get ten new followers a day that were just porn sites. &nbsp;I stopped posting there but still use it to keep track of interesting people like]]></content><dc:subject>photos</dc:subject><dc:subject>high</dc:subject><dc:subject>school</dc:subject><dc:subject>facebook</dc:subject><dc:subject>twitter</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/twitter_facebook_and_social_networking.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-10-19T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-19T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-10-18:links.412186958</id><title>The Sabbatical is Over</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/the_sabbatical_is_over.htm"><![CDATA[I am back and this blog will once again become active. &nbsp;A lot has been going on.At work I&#39;ve transferred back to Elyria after being in Middleburg Heights for twenty years. &nbsp;I&#39;ve lost a couple friends this year and I can feel change]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/the_sabbatical_is_over.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-10-18T16:14:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-18T16:14:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-04-27:links.412166650</id><title>Lithops and Spring</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/lithops_and_spring.htm"><![CDATA[Anyone who knows me or knows this blog knows I love succulents. &nbsp;But my true love is the Lithop. &nbsp;I&#39;ve written about them before so rather that repeat myself go HERE or HERE.I pulled out all of my Lithops for the first time today after]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/lithops_and_spring.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-04-27T04:35:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-27T04:35:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-04-20:links.412165168</id><title>Money and Awareness</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/money_and_awareness.htm"><![CDATA[As I prepare to transition into retirement (in a couple of years) I&#39;ve been looking at my financial situation. &nbsp;The economy is bad but my job pays well and I&#39;m secure now that I&#39;m in my thirty-fifth year.I&#39;ve been using Quicken f]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/money_and_awareness.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-04-20T04:05:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-20T04:05:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-04-07:links.412162556</id><title>Twitter</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/twitter.htm"><![CDATA[I have been working some horrible hours lately. &nbsp;It is worse than the Christmas Peak. &nbsp;That is part of the reason that I&#39;ve been neglecting this blog. &nbsp;I&#39;ve signed up with Twitter to mini-blog.I&#39;m going to try doing Twitte]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/twitter.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-04-07T11:34:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-07T11:34:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-03-18:links.412158658</id><title>Great Poker App for the Ipod Touch</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/great_poker_app_for_the_ipod_touch.htm"><![CDATA[I play a lot of poker.&nbsp; When I play with friends we often need a real poker application like Tim&#39;s Tourney Timer .&nbsp; The timer keeps track of blinds and breaks.&nbsp; It does everything I need.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/great_poker_app_for_the_ipod_touch.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-03-18T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-18T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-03-17:links.412158656</id><title>Videora for the Ipod Touch</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/videora_for_the_ipod_touch.htm"><![CDATA[When I first got the Ipod Touch I put photographs and music on it.&nbsp; I wanted to do more but couldn&#39;t find an easy way to do some of it.&nbsp; Movies were a bit frustrating as you had to convert and transfer them from the dvd.&nbsp; Then I fo]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/videora_for_the_ipod_touch.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-03-17T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-17T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-03-15:links.412158652</id><title>Ipod Touch (2nd Gen)</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/ipod_touch.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been using PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) for a long time. &nbsp;I have a lot of interests and they help me keep things straight. &nbsp;I started with the Sony Clie and it was okay for it&#39;s time but rather limited. &nbsp;]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/ipod_touch.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-03-15T11:26:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-15T11:26:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-03-06:links.412156451</id><title>Snooks Eaglin Passes</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/snooks_eaglin_passes.htm"><![CDATA[Video: Snooks Eaglin remembered]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/snooks_eaglin_passes.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-03-06T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-06T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2009-01-26:links.412150150</id><title>Alkaline Earth Metals Rap</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/alkaline_earth_metals_rap_1.htm"><![CDATA[My lovely daughter Jessica needed to do a project for her chemistry class.&nbsp; She decided to do a rap video with her friend Chelsea.&nbsp; She already had some experience using Adobe Premiere Elements and did it all using the video function on our]]></content><dc:subject>daughter</dc:subject><dc:subject>youtube</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/alkaline_earth_metals_rap_1.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2009-01-26T02:55:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-26T02:55:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-11-16:links.412139325</id><title>Geoff Muldaur Again</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/geoff_muldaur_again.htm"><![CDATA[I saw Geoff Muldaur back in May and his playing has been on my mind ever since. &nbsp;Because of him I stepped back from the banjo and have been playing a lot of guitar.I found this video of him playing and I had to share it. &nbsp;Listen to the whol]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/geoff_muldaur_again.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-11-16T09:12:00Z</updated><published>2008-11-16T09:12:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-10-13:links.412133200</id><title>Echeveria Nudulosa Flowers</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/echeveria_nudulosa_flowers.htm"><![CDATA[It is the end of the season for my succulents so this will probably be the last post about them until Spring.&nbsp; I&#39;ve been getting them ready for winter and transitioning my energy towards other passions.&nbsp;]]></content><dc:subject>succulents</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/echeveria_nudulosa_flowers.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-10-13T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2008-10-13T05:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-10-12:links.412133147</id><title>Pictures</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/pictures.htm"><![CDATA[One of the things that has kept me busy is organizing photographs.&nbsp; Since I am the one doing genealogy and family history I have inherited boxes upon boxes of photographs.&nbsp; I&#39;ve decided that it really isn&#39;t fair that I keep them to]]></content><dc:subject>pictures</dc:subject><dc:subject>memories</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/pictures.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-10-12T07:28:00Z</updated><published>2008-10-12T07:28:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-10-11:links.412133123</id><title>Been Busy But I&apos;m Back</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/been_busy_but_im_back.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been incredibly busy and neglecting this blog so expect a flurry of posts.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/been_busy_but_im_back.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-10-11T02:25:00Z</updated><published>2008-10-11T02:25:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.leastbest.com,2008-09-03:links.412125791</id><title>Tigers Jaw</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/tigers_jaw.htm"><![CDATA[Faucaria tigrina is one of the more interesting succulents.&nbsp; It has rosettes of triangular leaves with pointed fleshy parts, making them look like open jaws.&nbsp; It is one neat looking plant.&nbsp; Mine is nice and pink whereas most of the Tig]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/tigers_jaw.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2008-09-03T05:00:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-03T05:00:00Z</published></entry></feed>