<?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>Random Thoughts @ www.leastbest.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 www.leastbest.com</rights><subtitle>(Random Thoughts) </subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2009-11-05T01:00:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.leastbest.com/read/random_thoughts.rss"/><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2009:1</id><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2007-03-16:links.411967961</id><title>Starting to get the hang of it</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/starting_to_get_the_hang_of_it.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;m starting to figure out this new software.&nbsp; The look will change a few times until I&#39;m sure about it.&nbsp; If you see something you like or don&#39;t like, let me know.&nbsp; Right now I feel as though brown is appropriate, I don&#39]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/starting_to_get_the_hang_of_it.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2007-03-16T02:30:00Z</updated><published>2007-03-16T02:30:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2007-01-11:links.411911870</id><title>Sabata</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/the_banjo.htm"><![CDATA["The piano may do for lovesick girls who lace themselves to skeletons and lunch on chalk, pickles and slate pencils. But give me the banjo, when you want genuine music, music that will come right home to you like a bad quarter, suffuse your syst]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/the_banjo.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2007-01-11T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2007-01-11T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2006-12-03:links.411874572</id><title>That darn cat</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/that_darn_cat.htm"><![CDATA[My wife has been hinting for a long time that our daughter needed a pet.  I am not an animal person.  I can't stand dogs and barely tolerate cats.
Lately the talk became serious about getting a cat so the wife looked on the internet and fo]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/that_darn_cat.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2006-12-03T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-03T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2006-10-29:links.411824961</id><title>The old old house</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/the_old_old_house.htm"><![CDATA[I wrote about someone taking my picture while I was doing yard work a while back.]]></content><dc:subject>history</dc:subject><dc:subject>life</dc:subject><dc:subject>architecture</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/the_old_old_house.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2006-10-29T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-10-29T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2006-09-26:links.411812631</id><title>Mike</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/mike.htm"><![CDATA[I have a friend at work that I've known (or thought I've known) for a very long time.  I've written before how Mike was into astronomy and started taking photos of the sky.  After seeing my blog he decided to create his own to share his pho]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/mike.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2006-09-26T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-09-26T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2006-09-21:links.411809083</id><title>Emails and Comments</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/emails_and_comments.htm"><![CDATA[Since I've returned to posting on this blog I've recieved a large number of emails and comments.  It's time to answer a few.

Many people have asked which of the kids I am in the picture in Moving Memories.  I'm the eight year old boy sec]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/emails_and_comments.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2006-09-21T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-09-21T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2006-06-19:links.311739978</id><title>Poor Screech</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/poor_screech.htm"><![CDATA[I've been thinking about houses a lot lately.  My father-in-law is moving and everywhere I look I see people losing their homes.  These are tough times.  I've been reading about people with adjustable rate mortgages in real trouble.&nb]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/poor_screech.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2006-06-19T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-06-19T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2006-06-17:links.311732423</id><title>25,000 Hits</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/25000_hits.htm"><![CDATA[Back on September 19, 2005 I wrote that I had achieved 10,000 hits on this site.  I'm proud to say that as of this posting I have achieved 25,000 hits.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/25000_hits.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2006-06-17T03:45:00Z</updated><published>2006-06-17T03:45:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2006-06-09:links.1658225</id><title>Dunkin&apos; Donuts Debacle</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/dunkin_donuts_debacle.htm"><![CDATA[I love Dunkin' Donuts coffee.  For the past twelve years I have gone there every working day and ordered exactly the same thing, an extra-large decaf with cream.  Two out of seven times I get the wrong order.   Last week I went th]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/dunkin_donuts_debacle.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2006-06-09T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-06-09T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2006-03-12:links.1658187</id><title>Exciting News</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/exciting_news.htm"><![CDATA[OK, it's not that exciting.  It's just that I finally got off my lazy butt and got my own domain name.  You'd be amazed at how many people can't seem to find my blog.  It seems that the - in blog-city overwhelmed them.To fix the proble]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/exciting_news.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2006-03-12T03:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-03-12T03:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2006-02-13:links.1631287</id><title>There&apos;s a moon in the sky called The Moon</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/moon_1.htm"><![CDATA[A friend of mine from work takes great photographs of distant planets with his telescope and has sparked some interest in astronomy.  I happened across Google Moon the other day and it's great.  You can see in detail where the moon landings]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/moon_1.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2006-02-13T03:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-02-13T03:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2006-02-12:links.1630208</id><title>Weekend of getting organized</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/weekend_of_getting_organized.htm"><![CDATA[I missed the Lucy Kaplansky concert,I had to work until the wee hours and couldn't get there.  Management is tweaking my route and it's going to be a little while before the bugs are ironed out of it.  If Tom is reading this; I'm sorry budd]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/weekend_of_getting_organized.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2006-02-12T03:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-02-12T03:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2006-02-06:links.1624765</id><title>Editing a life</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/editing_a_life.htm"><![CDATA[The past two weeks have been spent immersing myself into the world of video editing.  I've read every book, website, tutorial and listened to every podcast I could find.  I became an expert at Microsoft Movie Maker and moved onto Adobe Prem]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/editing_a_life.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2006-02-06T03:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-02-06T03:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2006-01-22:links.1610793</id><title>Underworld Evolution</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/underworld_evolution.htm"><![CDATA[Finally had some time for the family, so we went out to the movies.  I love Vampire/Werewolf/Zombie movies and Underworld Evolution (the sequel to Underworld) had two out of three. This movie was far more violent than the first one and it also had so]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/underworld_evolution.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2006-01-22T03:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-01-22T03:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2006-01-04:links.1610809</id><title>The Holidays</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/the_holidays.htm"><![CDATA[December was a brutal month.  I worked long hours and barely picked up my guitar, banjo or mandolin.  What made it all worthwhile was family.Christmas was on a Sunday so for the first time in a long time I was able to spend Christmas Eve wi]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/the_holidays.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2006-01-04T03:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-01-04T03:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2005-12-18:links.1579959</id><title>Work Work Work..... Family</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/work_work_work_family.htm"><![CDATA[Due to the Christmas rush here at ETDS (also know as Peak) I've been leaving for work at eight in the morning and coming home after ten at night.  I"m not complaining, the extra money is nice for the holidays and it will be over in another]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/work_work_work_family.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2005-12-18T03:59:00Z</updated><published>2005-12-18T03:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2005-12-03:links.1565974</id><title>When the Student is ready</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/student.htm"><![CDATA[Today my daughter was working on the computer.&nbsp; I walked by, grabbed the mouse and showed her how to do a small task.&nbsp; I then cocked my head, puffed out my chest and said, &quot;When the student is ready the teacher will appear.&quot;My dau]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/student.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2005-12-03T03:59:00Z</updated><published>2005-12-03T03:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2005-11-30:links.1562122</id><title>Firemen</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/firemen.htm"><![CDATA[I love talking to firefighters.  When they have to work it is intense and dangerous but they also have a lot of downtime, so they have time to think.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/firemen.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2005-11-30T03:59:00Z</updated><published>2005-11-30T03:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2005-11-24:links.1556829</id><title>Happy Thanksgiving</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/happy_thanksgiving.htm"><![CDATA[I'm exhausted.  Winter hit hard in Sheffield Lake and I had to work twelve hours in it.  The wind came off the lake and talked to me.  By evening the snow was coming down so hard that it was hard to see and the roads were treacherous.  All in all]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/happy_thanksgiving.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2005-11-24T03:59:00Z</updated><published>2005-11-24T03:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:leastbest.blog-city.com,2005-11-22:links.1554313</id><title>A Night of Extremes Part II</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.leastbest.com/a_night_of_extremes_part_ii.htm"><![CDATA[After the Donovan concert I was beat complete.  I had an hour and a half drive home and needed coffee.  My buddy Tom told me there was a free concert for volunteers over at Kent Stage with The Dust Poets.  I hadn't heard of them and after leaving]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.leastbest.com/a_night_of_extremes_part_ii.htm"/><dc:creator>Randall Bott</dc:creator><author><name>Randall Bott</name></author><updated>2005-11-22T03:59:00Z</updated><published>2005-11-22T03:59:00Z</published></entry></feed>