<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Randall Bott @ www.leastbest.com</title><link>http://www.leastbest.com/</link><description>(Randall Bott) </description><copyright>Copyright 2009 www.leastbest.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Randall Bott @ www.leastbest.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://www.leastbest.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>ThumbTacks Micro-Microphone</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.leastbest.com/thumbtacks_micromicrophone.htm</guid><link>http://www.leastbest.com/thumbtacks_micromicrophone.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:33:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>Twitter, Facebook and Social Networking</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.leastbest.com/twitter_facebook_and_social_networking.htm</guid><link>http://www.leastbest.com/twitter_facebook_and_social_networking.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![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]]></description><category>photos</category><category>high</category><category>school</category><category>facebook</category><category>twitter</category></item><item><title>The Sabbatical is Over</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.leastbest.com/the_sabbatical_is_over.htm</guid><link>http://www.leastbest.com/the_sabbatical_is_over.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:14:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>Lithops and Spring</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.leastbest.com/lithops_and_spring.htm</guid><link>http://www.leastbest.com/lithops_and_spring.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:35:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>Money and Awareness</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.leastbest.com/money_and_awareness.htm</guid><link>http://www.leastbest.com/money_and_awareness.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:05:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>Twitter</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.leastbest.com/twitter.htm</guid><link>http://www.leastbest.com/twitter.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:34:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>Great Poker App for the Ipod Touch</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.leastbest.com/great_poker_app_for_the_ipod_touch.htm</guid><link>http://www.leastbest.com/great_poker_app_for_the_ipod_touch.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I play a lot of poker.&nbsp; 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I had never seen one before.&nbsp; On the site they called it Coral but I&#39;ve seen it called Hobbit&#39;s Pipe after JRR To]]></description></item><item><title>Variegated Jade</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.leastbest.com/variegated_jade.htm</guid><link>http://www.leastbest.com/variegated_jade.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I wrote a few days ago about my Jade Plant .&nbsp; Jades are beautiful in their deep rich greens.&nbsp; There are many varieties of Jade so I started collecting and propagating some of them.&nbsp; I found a variegated Jade (crassula ovata variegata)]]></description><category>jade</category><category>succulent</category><category>variegated</category><category>crassula</category></item><item><title>Memories of the Vegetable Guy</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.leastbest.com/memories_of_the_vegetable_guy.htm</guid><link>http://www.leastbest.com/memories_of_the_vegetable_guy.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When I was a kid there used to be a guy who would come down the street with a cart selling vegetables.&nbsp; 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