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<lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 22:42:37 -0700</lastBuildDate><item><title>Mexican Drug cartels&#x2c; Jujutsu legs&#x2c; &#x26; Pit Bulls</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-05-09T22:15:24-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/drugsmang_jujutsulegs_pitbullsareagressive.html#unique-entry-id-299</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/drugsmang_jujutsulegs_pitbullsareagressive.html#unique-entry-id-299</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I mean, that may not always have been the case, they weren&rsquo;t always supposed to be killer dogs, and in fact they do have some stigma that is not deserved (German Shepherds actually bite harder, and both pale in comparison to the Rottweiler).    But the fact is that today&rsquo;s pit bulls are not by rule friendly family dogs as they once were, sad as it may be.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Jujutsu Day 2&#x2c; &#x26; Jesse James&#x27; Movie</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-05-09T08:31:47-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/jujutsu_theassassinationofjessejames.html#unique-entry-id-298</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/jujutsu_theassassinationofjessejames.html#unique-entry-id-298</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I know that&rsquo;s a mouthful, but it is actually, really-truly, the title of a movie that came out around October 2007.  

...So you know, Jesse James, the robber and murderer, was &ldquo;assassinated&rdquo; by the &ldquo;Coward&rdquo; who brought his reign to an end.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Iron Man: I seen it&#x21;</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Movies</category><dc:date>2008-05-07T12:54:23-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ironmanatthemovies.html#unique-entry-id-297</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ironmanatthemovies.html#unique-entry-id-297</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Firstly it was good, because this was the free trip to see Iron Man, thereby alleviating the frustration of waiting to see it on Blu-Ray.  

...I would say he didn&rsquo;t screw anything up, and in fact wasn&rsquo;t bad at all, but I&rsquo;m not going to go so far as to say that it&rsquo;s on par with Christian Bale&rsquo;s rendition of Bruce Wayne in the new Batman franchise or anything, huh?
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Day of J&#x27;s: Juno &#x26; Jujutsu</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Movies</category><dc:date>2008-05-07T08:51:42-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/j-day_junoandjujutsu.html#unique-entry-id-296</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/j-day_junoandjujutsu.html#unique-entry-id-296</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[See, I get that they&rsquo;re young and all, and they maybe talk a little different, but it felt like the characters were forcing crap to escape their gums; it had no flow.  

...I&rsquo;m not actually that sore, except for a spot on my hip joint that I could feel popping over and over again on a specific move we were learning.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Another BBQ Tip&#x2c; Movie Night&#x2c; &#x26; Zoey Goes Out</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-05-05T18:05:17-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ironmanitsnicetomeetyoufinally.html#unique-entry-id-295</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ironmanitsnicetomeetyoufinally.html#unique-entry-id-295</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Not long after I posted the blog about waiting to see Iron Man on disc, she went and told me that we had two free tickets to the movies.  

...Well I wanted to take Miles out today, and Zoey wasn&rsquo;t limping around nearly as much, and I wracked my brain figuring out what we could do about it.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Headache&#x2c; Iron Man Reviews&#x2c; Zoey&#x27;s Foot update&#x2c; &#x26; Cyclone woes</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-05-05T11:01:40-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/whowouldwininafightironmanorbatman.html#unique-entry-id-294</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/whowouldwininafightironmanorbatman.html#unique-entry-id-294</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I figured this because a few days prior to the headache I was having issues with my tooth aching, which I had hoped was a sinus/drainage issue and not a dentistry issue (because I loathe dentist trips even more than doctor visits).  

...Not only that, but they&rsquo;ve gone so far with the whole Exclusive Trailer bit that I&rsquo;m afraid I will have seen the whole movie by the time it comes out this Summer, and ends up on Blu-Ray this Winter when I will actually watch it.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Headache&#x2c; Zoey&#x27;s Foot&#x2c; &#x26; Gone Baby Gone</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-05-01T08:32:08-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ouchformeandzoeyboth_gonebabygone.html#unique-entry-id-293</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ouchformeandzoeyboth_gonebabygone.html#unique-entry-id-293</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We took a few steps from where we were sitting, and I turned around and noticed she was now limping, and her paw was covered in red.  

...I figure that it&rsquo;s going to fall off, because there&rsquo;s so little holding it on at the moment, but we left it there just in case it &lsquo;fuses&rsquo; back.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Headache/creatine&#x2c; &#x26; Obama for President&#x21;</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-30T10:08:19-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/creatineisgivingmeaheadache_obamaforprez.html#unique-entry-id-292</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/creatineisgivingmeaheadache_obamaforprez.html#unique-entry-id-292</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I started to think it might be dehydration and began drinking a lot of water, which by the beginning of the evening had helped to alleviate the headache and hamstring aching.


...Well let&rsquo;s see&hellip; Might playing up the gas tax break for Summer &ndash; which serves no real purpose and is against almost everything else we deem important, like the environment and the attempt to break our oil habit &ndash; be a hint?  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Headache woes&#x2c; Doggy Trip&#x2c; Jujutsu next week&#x2c; &#x26; An Inconvenient Truth</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-29T08:59:09-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ihaventhadaheadachelikethisinyears_aninconvenienttruth.html#unique-entry-id-291</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ihaventhadaheadachelikethisinyears_aninconvenienttruth.html#unique-entry-id-291</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s one thing to hear scientists use big words, it&rsquo;s quite another to see graphs about the damage we&rsquo;ve done and be hit with the realities of what our future will hold for us at the current rates.  

...I mean, it&rsquo;s still the same earth with the same capacity for resources, but now you&rsquo;ve got a lot more mouths to worry about, and a lot more butts putting waste out into the same limited space.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Miles Movie Posted</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-28T11:38:06-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/milesisawesomebytheway.html#unique-entry-id-290</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/milesisawesomebytheway.html#unique-entry-id-290</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The day that my camera had died &ndash; before it miraculously came back to life today &ndash; I took about a one-minute movie of Miles going into the waves to retrieve his ball, coming out, and then prancing along the shore.  ...  It&rsquo;s not his best, but for his best you have to be actually here; a movie doesn&rsquo;t do it justice and I can&rsquo;t show on these low-quality films how far out he&rsquo;ll go into the rough surf to retrieve the ball.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Camera un-woes&#x2c; Camera woes (again)</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-27T22:52:02-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/gocamerago.html#unique-entry-id-289</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/gocamerago.html#unique-entry-id-289</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We took the dogs out to the Delta today, and whilst there, The Girl&rsquo;s camera acted up.    She pulled it out and turned it on and it&hellip; you guessed it: had a lens error.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Marathon Workout&#x2c; People-Watching&#x2c; &#x26; The Apocalypse</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-26T22:09:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/seriouslyrenoyougottachangeyourwaysgodisangry.html#unique-entry-id-288</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/seriouslyrenoyougottachangeyourwaysgodisangry.html#unique-entry-id-288</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[t I might actually try to incorporate it into my regular routine; sure it takes an extra hour of actual workout labor, but it frees up a little bit of &ldquo;frictional&rdquo; time it takes to get ready and then get &ldquo;un-ready&rdquo; after I finish for the second of the two workouts, so it actually saves me time if I can get away with it.


...I have been not 100% since I started feeling crap-tastic&reg; last week around this time, but the last few days have been kinda weird: my sinuses are draining, and suddenly I notice that one of my top-right teeth kind of hurts me when I run/jog/bounce.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Camera Woes&#x2c; &#x26; Workout Woes</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-25T22:30:23-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/iswearimnotbreakingthem_marathonworkoutsessiontomorrow.html#unique-entry-id-287</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/iswearimnotbreakingthem_marathonworkoutsessiontomorrow.html#unique-entry-id-287</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I say &ldquo;at least&rdquo; in reference to the hardware failure because that&rsquo;s easier to troubleshoot; the software failure leaves the &ldquo;techs&rdquo; on the other end to question whether you are &lsquo;doing it right,&rsquo; with &lsquo;it&rsquo; ranging from &ldquo;turning on the power&rdquo; to &ldquo;do you even know what the hell a camera is?&rdquo;  

...See I had planned to do my shoulders today and my biceps & triceps tomorrow with a day off on Sunday, but I&rsquo;m so sore today from my chest & back workout yesterday, that the whole shoulder thing was not close to a possibility this evening.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x3c;i&#x3e;What&#x3c;/i&#x3e; Flour?  &#x26; an Onion I actually LIKE</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-25T19:03:27-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/wheatflourareyoukiddingmeohhellnoneveragain.html#unique-entry-id-286</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/wheatflourareyoukiddingmeohhellnoneveragain.html#unique-entry-id-286</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This morning before I had to go to work, I figured we could have pancakes that she would make for me (see how that works?).  

...I have known about it for some time, but I rarely make time to stop by and take a gander at all the wonderful &ldquo;news&rdquo; items they have available.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>BBQ hint&#x2c; Mouse Preference&#x2c; &#x26; Zoey: The Irritating One</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-24T11:57:38-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/zoeydammitstopbeingstupidrightnow.html#unique-entry-id-285</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/zoeydammitstopbeingstupidrightnow.html#unique-entry-id-285</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I usually don&rsquo;t need to use the lighter or matches again, as there&rsquo;s enough ember from the first half that I can just blow and get it to flame and catch the new half-bag on fire as well.  

...Yet getting back on the mouse today and doing some unofficial tests, I found that for the most part, I spent less time fumbling when I had the mouse; I can just get right to the place I want to be, faster and more precisely than a trackpad can afford.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>email: POP or IMAP</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-23T15:32:48-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/popreallyisbetterfortheindividual.html#unique-entry-id-284</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/popreallyisbetterfortheindividual.html#unique-entry-id-284</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If you initiate a POP email account and specify that you want the email server to keep a copy of all emails on the server, they will be there regardless of whether local catastrophe hits your machine.  


...All of the arguments I see in favor of IMAP usually revolve around the data security & synchronized machines arguments; but if you don&rsquo;t delete the messages from the server if you do POP, then you can actually achieve almost the same results, but with the added benefits of being able to &ldquo;own&rdquo; your messages, and/or access already-downloaded content whenever you want, internet access or no.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>iPod death&#x2c; &#x26; Country Woes</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-23T13:25:02-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/byeipodsadtoseeyougo_republicansmakegoodmarketersapparently.html#unique-entry-id-283</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/byeipodsadtoseeyougo_republicansmakegoodmarketersapparently.html#unique-entry-id-283</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was working a few nights ago, but I noticed on the way home the battery was running low, so I took it in to charge it.  

...I&rsquo;m actually more referring to the fact that recently it was polled as such to reveal that McCain is about even in the race to the White House with the Democratic candidates.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Deciding between a Laptop or Desktop</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-21T08:58:02-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/getalaptopyouwillbebetterofftrustme.html#unique-entry-id-282</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/getalaptopyouwillbebetterofftrustme.html#unique-entry-id-282</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[From there it jumps to the iMac lineup, and then you have on the laptop side you go to the MacBook Pros, which then leads back to the desktop side, with Apple&rsquo;s pro-grade Mac Pro machines &ndash; towers not built for the average joe, but rather for video editing houses & big-production businesses.


...I can say that because I have been the fringe, I have needed the higher-powered machines in the past, and I have also seen the improvements technology has made in a short time, seen it erase the needs for higher-powered machines, and also been victim of the desire to have better than I need.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Moving to iPhoto</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-19T17:56:58-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/movingbacktoiphoto.html#unique-entry-id-281</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/movingbacktoiphoto.html#unique-entry-id-281</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It can be done, I have done it recently, but I had to work through it a couple times to get it right, and there&rsquo;s things that will simply not come over like you want.  ...  So if you&rsquo;re looking to move an Aperture library to iPhoto, I can show you how best to do it that I have come across, and the issues you will encounter.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Across the Universe&#x2c; &#x26; The Damn Republicans</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-19T07:26:35-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/pleasestayacrosstheuniversethanks_damnrepublicans.html#unique-entry-id-280</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/pleasestayacrosstheuniversethanks_damnrepublicans.html#unique-entry-id-280</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Sorry, I&rsquo;m not a West Side Story kinda guy; groups of people break out spontaneously into song and dance and I break into a wild frenzy in which someone &ndash; perhaps multiple retarded singers/dancers &ndash; must die, that&rsquo;s just the way it is.


...So in all reality, if &ldquo;Al Queda wins&rdquo; it&rsquo;s because we went there in the first place; the republicans don&rsquo;t want to admit this of course, because it was their idea and they're wholly responsible for the threats they have created there.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sick&#x2c; Movie&#x2c; &#x26; The Mighty Dollar</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-18T18:31:20-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/sweetwegettopaymoretaxessotherichdonthavetothatsawesome.html#unique-entry-id-279</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/sweetwegettopaymoretaxessotherichdonthavetothatsawesome.html#unique-entry-id-279</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I hoped it was just that the long day had taken its toll on me, as I had gotten up early to take the dogs out, then gotten home and began a vigorous shoulder workout, then cleaned myself up to go to work and dog myself there, too.  


...Since I&rsquo;m off too and not feeling all that great myself, we&rsquo;re going to sit back, relax, eat ice cream and watch a movie.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Science&#x2c; Common Sense; Common Sense&#x2c; Science&#x21;</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-18T11:19:41-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/imagineagoodlookingblackgaymanhewoulddalwaysstandout.html#unique-entry-id-278</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/imagineagoodlookingblackgaymanhewoulddalwaysstandout.html#unique-entry-id-278</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A handsome guy that girls swoon over is going to be less likely to settle down, because he can go out and get any other good-looking female he comes across to do what he wants for him.  

...If we would just be open enough to admit it, and separate the idea of knowing from being stereotypical&hellip; There&rsquo;s this connotation that if you think or say you can tell a homosexual by their mannerisms, that you&rsquo;re on the lookout because you&rsquo;re a homophobe.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Junior Caramels&#x2c; &#x26; the Time Capsule</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-16T00:03:28-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/yeahjuniorcaramelsareprettygoodiswhatimsayin.html#unique-entry-id-277</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/yeahjuniorcaramelsareprettygoodiswhatimsayin.html#unique-entry-id-277</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Then I had the thought that I could set up the TC in the living room (where the laptops spend 90% of their time), and use the old routers to hook up the internet from the office and sound system in the living room, and &ldquo;bridge&rdquo; the two networks via the TC LAN port.  

...To bore you more with details you probably don't understand, it was rooted in the fact that the old router in the living room that I was bridging the new TC to was in WDS remote mode, and for whatever reason, it would not pass the internet connection to the TC.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Usual Suspects&#x2c; Jujutsu&#x2c; &#x26; Obama On Penn.</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-14T10:48:49-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/usualmovietricks_karatekid_obamaisrightthough.html#unique-entry-id-276</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/usualmovietricks_karatekid_obamaisrightthough.html#unique-entry-id-276</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Sure it may not be making bombs, it may even look gentle, but the idea that gov&rsquo;t has not only tied its constituents to the business machine, but actually gone so far as to sell them out to it is oh so very real.    People don&rsquo;t see it like that all the time, but it&rsquo;s the reality: we&rsquo;re &lsquo;just&rsquo; consumers for the machine, so that those atop can live the life while we chase the carrot on the stick.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Movies&#x2c; Movies&#x2c; and more Movies&#x21;</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Movies</category><dc:date>2008-04-13T19:12:55-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/rocky_kisskissbangbang_americanpsycho.html#unique-entry-id-275</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/rocky_kisskissbangbang_americanpsycho.html#unique-entry-id-275</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And by that I do not mean that it passes as a watchable flick so much as I mean that it can totally be bypassed and not only will life continue to dredge on, but it might actually be a little rosier.  

...Robert Downey Jr is a passable actor, but having seen him in this and also A Scanner Darkly recently, I can&rsquo;t figure out why they went and cast him for the lead in the upcoming Iron Man movie.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Rosie O&#x27;Donnell: Please stop ruining Democracy</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-08T22:20:44-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/hasselbeckyourehotbutrosiesgottherightideamaam.html#unique-entry-id-274</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/hasselbeckyourehotbutrosiesgottherightideamaam.html#unique-entry-id-274</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And I also agree that rather than arguing over silly, minute differences, Barack & Hilary need to realize that they&rsquo;re both running for the highest office in the world.  

...And uh, the rest of america cannot fathom how it is that someone who is so often plastered all over the damn devices cannot have access to them.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Symphony&#x2c; &#x26; &#x22;Conventional&#x22; Dairies</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-08T09:37:01-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/allorganicandproudbaby.html#unique-entry-id-273</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/allorganicandproudbaby.html#unique-entry-id-273</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I mean, that&rsquo;s the way it&rsquo;s typically done, in nature for sure, and also around most of the globe and throughout history.  

...It seems to me that just like &ldquo;No Child Left Behind&rdquo; was a victory of title over substance, they are using language to quell any fears that what they&rsquo;re really doing might arouse.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Symphony&#x2c; the trackpad&#x2c; and the heist of my change</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Business</category><dc:date>2008-04-05T16:23:36-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/heymanthatsmy81centsdammitgetyourown.html#unique-entry-id-272</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/heymanthatsmy81centsdammitgetyourown.html#unique-entry-id-272</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But there&rsquo;s a really nice theatre in town and we wanted to make time for it at some point, so we put into our calendar some events they had in their calendar.  

...But they make it so difficult to get a better limit or rate that I just never bothered, I mean hell I have like 10 credit cards, so what&rsquo;s the point?  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>3 Movies&#x2c; down&#x2c; 3 reviews to go&#x2c; &#x26; 5 FREE movies&#x21;</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Movies</category><dc:date>2008-04-03T22:17:23-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/justnotenoughoursinthedaytowriteallthereviews.html#unique-entry-id-271</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/justnotenoughoursinthedaytowriteallthereviews.html#unique-entry-id-271</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Oh no, they have 5 &ldquo;categories,&rdquo; if you will, and you have to select one from each of the 5 &ldquo;categories,&rdquo; as they were.  ...  No, these are &ldquo;categories&rdquo; like A- choose from these 4 sucky movies, B-choose from these 7 sucky movies, C-choose from these 5 corny-ass sucky movies, etc.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A bit of Irony: The local Titty Bar</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-04-01T08:16:19-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/thetiptopclubsortamakesyouwannasaycheeriogoodchap.html#unique-entry-id-270</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/thetiptopclubsortamakesyouwannasaycheeriogoodchap.html#unique-entry-id-270</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It was a good friend of The Girl&rsquo;s, and she called to tell me/us that she was going to be celebrating her birthday that night, and she was to be having this bash at The Tip Top Club.  

...You see, they are not serving alcohol because they&rsquo;re not zoned to serve alcohol there; it&rsquo;s technically an RV sales lot.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Workout Laughter&#x2c; Vogue &#x26; LeBron&#x2c; &#x26; a good internet video</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-29T20:36:55-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/whoopsthosewere25plates_lebronmonkeyingaround_scarcityofresources.html#unique-entry-id-269</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/whoopsthosewere25plates_lebronmonkeyingaround_scarcityofresources.html#unique-entry-id-269</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Why have him in such an &ldquo;active&rdquo; stance, with such a scowl on his face (yes I know he&rsquo;s almost smiling, but still it&rsquo;s not a &ldquo;hi nice to see you&rdquo; sort of appearance either)?


...I&rsquo;ve been saying essentially the same thing for years, and I&rsquo;ve seen how people tune out; it&rsquo;s funny how quickly people will bury their heads in the sand and just claim ignorance, so they can continue being someone else&rsquo;s pawn.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Dems &#x26; The Housing Market&#x2c; &#x26; Gas for Workouts</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-28T21:56:25-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/letitslidedemsitsforthebest_itsawheyoflife.html#unique-entry-id-268</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/letitslidedemsitsforthebest_itsawheyoflife.html#unique-entry-id-268</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I mean, the dems didn&rsquo;t create the housing boom, it serves the purpose of keeping most of the people (whom they&rsquo;re supposed to be &ldquo;for&rdquo;) out of one of the biggest facets of the American Dream&hellip; yet they keep right on going for that.  

...And it hit me:  I may not be as naturally gassy as I feared myself to be; it may be a byproduct of the whey protein supplement I take when I work out.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Atonement&#x2c; &#x26; another Celeb F&#x27;ed up Bodypart</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Movies</category><dc:date>2008-03-26T14:14:58-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/yeskeiraisstillveryprettybutcanwecallitlikeweseeitplease.html#unique-entry-id-267</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/yeskeiraisstillveryprettybutcanwecallitlikeweseeitplease.html#unique-entry-id-267</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We were actually warned by The Girl&rsquo;s grandmother just before we sat to plop it in, that it a) wasn&rsquo;t all that good, and b) there was some &lsquo;raunchy&rsquo; sex scene in a kitchen.  

...But then you quickly learn that they never did, they died, and the part you just saw was the imagination of the vindictive little girl &ndash; now 143 years old &ndash; in her new novel, Atonement, an &ldquo;autobiography&rdquo; of her horrible act.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>We Own the Night&#x2c; Joaquin&#x27;s F&#x27;ed up Shoulder&#x2c; &#x26; Archives</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Movies</category><dc:date>2008-03-25T12:05:28-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/weownthenight_archivesdone.html#unique-entry-id-266</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/weownthenight_archivesdone.html#unique-entry-id-266</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s hard to explain without giving the whole movie as background, but if you were in a car behind two cars having a shootout, and one was your friends & the others were not?  

...So yeah there&rsquo;s a few little dumb things, but the one thing that bothered me most about it was Joaquin Phoenix trying to become a cop&hellip;
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Archives&#x2c; Movies recently viewed&#x2c; &#x26; Miles&#x27; Health</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-25T09:22:28-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/milescomeonboyyoucantbehurtithurtsmyfeelings.html#unique-entry-id-265</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/milescomeonboyyoucantbehurtithurtsmyfeelings.html#unique-entry-id-265</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I knew I wanted to add an introductory pic for each entry, and a lot were missing, but that&rsquo;s relatively easy, it&rsquo;s the text that is the labor.


...And it&rsquo;s not that I don&rsquo;t care about Zoey, it&rsquo;s that I know Zoey is young and it&rsquo;s &ldquo;just&rdquo; and injury.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Some Archives updated&#x21;</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-24T11:11:10-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/archivesthroughoct2006updated.html#unique-entry-id-264</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/archivesthroughoct2006updated.html#unique-entry-id-264</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Normally something like this would be way too mundane for me, but they were so bad I just couldn&rsquo;t stand linking back to them.  ...  Well you could tell I copied them out quick fast and in a hurry, not taking the time to pretty the text up any when I made the move to this new software.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Happy Easter&#x21;</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-23T18:13:56-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/imnotchristianbutilikebunniesandchocolate.html#unique-entry-id-263</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/imnotchristianbutilikebunniesandchocolate.html#unique-entry-id-263</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I wanted to go back and reformat some of my old blog posts (from before I switched software; the formatting stinks!).  ...  Yeah, you guys will not have a new entry to not read for a little bit.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Conflicting Directives: a Work Tale</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Business</category><dc:date>2008-03-22T13:40:53-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/wecantdoeverythingnowcomeon.html#unique-entry-id-262</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/wecantdoeverythingnowcomeon.html#unique-entry-id-262</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Well this makes the night a little harder than usual, because now we have to dot all our I&rsquo;s and cross all our T&rsquo;s, but then we also have to go and initial that we did that & get verification that we did indeed dot & cross and initial those I&rsquo;s and T&rsquo;s.  


...But then I thought, if they did relax the rules, probably a great many stores would not be as close to the standard as they now are; lowering the standards typically lowers performance, even if you&rsquo;re simply lowering the standard to the current, sustainable level of performance.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What Happened in Hollywood?</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Movies</category><dc:date>2008-03-21T09:57:45-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/hollywoodsputtingouttoomuchdrivel.html#unique-entry-id-261</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/hollywoodsputtingouttoomuchdrivel.html#unique-entry-id-261</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Yes it had some awesome action sequences, but it also had such a deep, engaging story that even the most famous of philosophers have been in a deep struggle to get a handle on the finer points of it (see Brain in a Vat, Descartes' Evil Genius, & The Cave Allegory).


...And I&rsquo;m sorry, but just because Kevin Costner was in Foreplay with Canines does not mean that you can team him up with Asston Cooter and still have a good movie (reference to The Guardian).  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Viewed: Michael Clayton</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Movies</category><dc:date>2008-03-20T09:22:23-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/michaelclaytoniserinbrockovichforclooneyfans.html#unique-entry-id-259</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/michaelclaytoniserinbrockovichforclooneyfans.html#unique-entry-id-259</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Erin covers more time, gives you more background and a better connection to the characters, whilst Clayton spans about 4 days and you feel like you still don&rsquo;t know these people.


It&rsquo;s kind of funny how they run the same span of time (about 2-hours), yet Erin pulls it off while Clayton feels half-assed by comparison, despite the stretch of time each deals with in-film.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Using the Whacker&#x2c; &#x26; Organic Chicken</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-19T20:18:15-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/whackingsureisfunisntitboysandgirls.html#unique-entry-id-258</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/whackingsureisfunisntitboysandgirls.html#unique-entry-id-258</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So I changed my schedule around to accommodate a workout that was unplanned (did chest & back yesterday; usually too sore to do shoulders the following day), and in between sets I managed to get in some wacking of weeds.  

...PostScript:  The &ldquo;it haz a flavur" is slang from &ldquo;teh intarwebs,&rdquo; in reference to &ldquo;lolcats.&rdquo;  just in case you were wondering.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Weed Wacker&#x2c; Michael Clayton&#x2c; Edit Edit</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-19T10:00:01-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/wackingweedsisoneofmyfavoritesthobbiesnexttowackingohnevermind.html#unique-entry-id-257</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/wackingweedsisoneofmyfavoritesthobbiesnexttowackingohnevermind.html#unique-entry-id-257</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Problem was, it was hard/difficult/impossible to edge any area that (a)the grass was lower than the sidewalk, so nothing &ldquo;laid over&rdquo; it to cut, or (b)there was no sidewalk to walk it along.    I did the scissors/shears thing for a while, but as I recently hoed the back to give it a break betwixt grass & fence, I had much, much more area that fell into category (b).
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Star Wars Rants: Clone Wars&#x2c; do-overs</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-15T11:34:30-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/georgelucasiseithercrazyorageniusivotecrazy.html#unique-entry-id-256</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/georgelucasiseithercrazyorageniusivotecrazy.html#unique-entry-id-256</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I mean, now you don&rsquo;t have to worry about Hayden Christensen sucking up all the quality of the movie with his &ldquo;acting,&rdquo; as he calls it, and you can do all the special effects you want without it looking like it doesn&rsquo;t belong!  

...Sort of act as a liaison between George&rsquo;s crazy skull and the viewing public, making sure that we aren&rsquo;t subjected to crap-for-movies.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Awkward work moment&#x2c; &#x26; Dec&#xf3;r critique</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-14T22:47:59-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ishouldbeatpicassowithacubejustfortheironyofit.html#unique-entry-id-255</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ishouldbeatpicassowithacubejustfortheironyofit.html#unique-entry-id-255</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Seems silly, because if we&rsquo;re off according to what the computer has tallied, we then go into the computer and print the missing receipts&hellip; so it would seem rather redundant to make sure we have paper copies, when if the paper copies are off, we just print the transaction out of the history of the machine.  

...I can&rsquo;t help but think that it&rsquo;s all one big joke, and Pablo just laughed and laughed, sort of like the guy who faked the Sasquatch footprint, let it build into a huge thing, and never told anyone; just laughed and laughed at everyone&rsquo;s expense over their own naivet&eacute;. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Seen: No Country For Old Men </title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-13T11:38:20-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/nocountryforcrappymoviescomeonitstunkletsbehonest.html#unique-entry-id-254</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/nocountryforcrappymoviescomeonitstunkletsbehonest.html#unique-entry-id-254</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So we did watch No Country for Old Men last night, and although it was critically acclaimed by everyone including the Queen (yes she gave it 11 stars out of 10; no one said otherwise), I was not all that impressed.


...The problem is, there&rsquo;s no main character, and although the title of the film is the point of the film (time progresses, the old ways die out, old people become obsolete; lather, rinse, repeat ad infinitum), we have no one to really follow this idea with through the movie.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Workouts&#x2c; Work (jinx?)&#x2c; &#x26; Movie Night</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-12T18:37:29-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/goodtobebackinactionliftingweightsandall.html#unique-entry-id-253</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/goodtobebackinactionliftingweightsandall.html#unique-entry-id-253</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I&rsquo;m not about to rewrite the company or anything yet, but I feel like I&rsquo;ve got the hang of what needs to be done and how to accomplish it.    And I notice that even though I&rsquo;m the newest management hire, when I am closing shop, I am tiypically 100% on, out on on time, and neater than the others (at my level, anyhow; my superior manager is still better than I by quite the margin).  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Clinton&#x2c; Prostitution&#x2c; &#x26; a nice Day Hike</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-10T17:27:06-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/clintonstoopingtonewlows_client9_agloriousday.html#unique-entry-id-252</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/clintonstoopingtonewlows_client9_agloriousday.html#unique-entry-id-252</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This is because her husband did a bang-up job (hehe) while he was in office, and it&rsquo;s not like the two are polar examples of politicians, so I was hoping to get the duo back in office, sort of right this ship we like to call Home.


...So really, the only solution to those types of issues is to legalize prostitution, and  also make it socially acceptable to &ldquo;go outside the house&rdquo; occasionally to get a fill-up, if you are pickin&rsquo; up what I&rsquo;m throwin&rsquo; down.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Housing&#x2c; &#x26; Worms</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-09T08:42:11-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/housingskyhighforawhile.html#unique-entry-id-251</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/housingskyhighforawhile.html#unique-entry-id-251</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[You don&rsquo;t lose 75% of the current cost overnight; people want to believe their homes are still worth close to what they paid, so houses on the market will go gradually down the price slope, trust me on this.


...Sorry you had to experience it vicariously through me like that, but don&rsquo;t worry, I&rsquo;m going to try and get them taken care of today.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Aperture vs iPhoto for jpeg file management</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Apple</category><dc:date>2008-03-08T11:59:09-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/apertureoveriphoto08forjpegmanagement.html#unique-entry-id-250</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/apertureoveriphoto08forjpegmanagement.html#unique-entry-id-250</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[See, this way when you go and search for Outdoors (or Nature or Trees for that matter), the shot of that magnificent General Sherman will pop up, even though you didn&rsquo;t apply that keyword directly to that photo; since it was a Parent in the hierarchy of the keyword you did use (Redwoods), it&rsquo;s applied automatically, or assumed.


...This means, if you change the brightness of a picture, now you have two almost identical files, with two almost identical File Sizes, essentially doubling its drain on your Hard Drive space (if the original was 2MB, you make an edit and now you are taking up 4MB for the edited & original files).
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Of Course&#x2c; right?</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-07T23:15:37-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ofcourseitrainedhowcoulditnot.html#unique-entry-id-249</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ofcourseitrainedhowcoulditnot.html#unique-entry-id-249</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Earlier this week, there was a chance of rain on Sunday.    This morning, they removed it, saying clear skies for at least the next week.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Floor mats for the &#x27;Runner</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-07T13:09:20-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/newfloormatsarrive.html#unique-entry-id-248</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/newfloormatsarrive.html#unique-entry-id-248</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But, hopefully that will aid in their longevity (The Girl has the sort of rubber in the way of floor mats that I was expecting these to be made of; her floor mats are deteriorating).  

...And hopefully it will mean I only have to clean the inside of the 4Runner for like 5 minutes at a time, once a year from now on.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A Scanner Darkly&#x2c; &#x26; Netflix woes</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-06T13:12:54-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ascannersucklyismoreaccurate_netflixyougottapullittogether.html#unique-entry-id-247</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ascannersucklyismoreaccurate_netflixyougottapullittogether.html#unique-entry-id-247</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s working OK for us, since we upgraded to the 2-discs at home plan, which basically translates to &ldquo;one disc at home, one in transit,&rdquo; but that works out well for us so not complaining.


...They explain that it was discovered the disc in the nearest shipping center was damaged, sent out a courtesy disc (so I would have 3 out at a time), and gave me a 25% credit on my next bill, along with scheduling the same disc to arrive from a different location.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Perian 1.1 &#x2013; Doesn&#x27;t Mix with 10.5 Leopard</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Apple</category><dc:date>2008-03-05T12:17:14-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/bewareperian1-1on10-5leopardtrustmeonthis.html#unique-entry-id-246</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/bewareperian1-1on10-5leopardtrustmeonthis.html#unique-entry-id-246</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So if Safari seems sluggish, takes a long time to load pages, you have issues with avi files &ndash; like not playing at all, or only playing video with a white screen and no audio &ndash; then perhaps you have that component in your QuickTime folder as well.  

...It&rsquo;s a Quicktime plugin that aids in the playback of certain files within Quicktime (at least it used to&hellip;)I had probably installed it long before, when QT couldn&rsquo;t natively play as many avi codecs are it now supports, and the plugin was necessary to see/play certain files.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Why do dogs eat Grass?</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-05T09:22:12-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/hejustlikestomunchonsomegrass.html#unique-entry-id-245</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/hejustlikestomunchonsomegrass.html#unique-entry-id-245</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The prevailing school of thought &ndash; or rather, the old wive&rsquo;s tale &ndash; seems to be that dogs eat grass because their stomachs are upset, to aid in throwing up whatever is upsetting their tummies.  

...You can see for yourself: these dogs, they aren&rsquo;t sick, they aren&rsquo;t ill, they&rsquo;re well-fed, yet &ndash; they just can&rsquo;t pass on the opportunity to dine on some fine green.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Daylight Savings a Farce&#x2c; &#x26; My sore throat woes</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-04T10:51:24-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/dstisatotalfarcepeople_sorethroatssuck.html#unique-entry-id-244</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/dstisatotalfarcepeople_sorethroatssuck.html#unique-entry-id-244</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I have been saying that it&rsquo;s a waste, based on the same principles that they cited as causes for the lack of savings, and an actually-expanded costs of DST.


...I&rsquo;m hoarse, my throat&rsquo;s a little inflamed, and I&rsquo;m glad that I now have two days off in a row.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Straw Men Drive down Sales&#x2c; &#x26; Carrot Cake Rocks&#x21;</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Business</category><dc:date>2008-03-04T07:52:26-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/oldmodelsfailingnewbusiness_carrotcakerocks.html#unique-entry-id-243</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/oldmodelsfailingnewbusiness_carrotcakerocks.html#unique-entry-id-243</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I don&rsquo;t doubt that some people are going to look at a sign saying that this bag of cookies has $5 written on it but wow, we&rsquo;re saving you so much money because we&rsquo;re only selling it for $3!  

...And if you want to be more than head-above-water, the best way to create success is to see not just where your customers are now, but where they&rsquo;re going, and more importantly, why.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Joke @ Work&#x2c; &#x26; Getting over being sick</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Business</category><dc:date>2008-03-03T11:48:30-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/hahanotfunny_sickwhossicknotmethatswho.html#unique-entry-id-242</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/hahanotfunny_sickwhossicknotmethatswho.html#unique-entry-id-242</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I asked the problem and was told that the reset I had started wasn&rsquo;t supposed to be started until another 3 weeks out or so.  

...She was ill and out of it for about a week, so I wasn&rsquo;t looking forward to having that bug get me, whatever it was &ndash; think it was the flu.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sick &#x26; Tired &#x26; Hungy</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-01T18:49:36-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/sickandtiredandhungry.html#unique-entry-id-241</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/sickandtiredandhungry.html#unique-entry-id-241</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I didn&rsquo;t realize it was a dream until this morning when I woke up, but all night I kept thinking I had to go to work and count/organize all the flower boxes.


...What&rsquo;s more, I kept waking up sporadically last night, worried that I was going to be late to count the damn flower boxes.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Winter weather&#x2c; &#x26; Notes on God</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-03-01T08:31:45-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/notesongod.html#unique-entry-id-240</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/notesongod.html#unique-entry-id-240</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[You may find this strange if you know me, as you know I&rsquo;m agnostic, but there&rsquo;s more to it than that; I believe in God, just not the book version.  

...And I think I should start a running log, sort of a &ldquo;conversations with myself &ndash; about God&rdquo; kind of journal, just tracking my ideas as they hit me.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Work Status&#x2c; the Internot&#x2c; &#x26; Feeling ill</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-29T20:21:36-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/workgoinggoodiguess_tehinterweb_illnesssucks.html#unique-entry-id-239</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/workgoinggoodiguess_tehinterweb_illnesssucks.html#unique-entry-id-239</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Because, I didn&rsquo;t necessarily want to handle to like they handle it, but if I know how others would do it, I have a good grasp of the process, and I love to work with processes to make them more efficient. 


...When I took the job here, it was only on a part-time basis, I was told she&rsquo;d love to have me, but that she didn&rsquo;t have room for me on the schedule in all actuality.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>More Signs of the Apple Apocalypse</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Apple</category><dc:date>2008-02-29T08:46:37-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/moresignsoftheappleapocalypse.html#unique-entry-id-238</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/moresignsoftheappleapocalypse.html#unique-entry-id-238</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Now I&rsquo;m no math whiz, but since leopard&rsquo;s been out for 4 whole months, shouldn&rsquo;t there be 16 tips of the week?  

...Little speed bumps, not a bad update overall, except for one glaring shortfall:  Apple&rsquo;s laptops have been equipped with a remote for about the last two years.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Floor Mats&#x2c; Car Cleaning&#x2c; &#x26; Obama Bias</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-28T07:46:46-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/200forsomematsyesimthatkindofcrazy.html#unique-entry-id-237</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/200forsomematsyesimthatkindofcrazy.html#unique-entry-id-237</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The only way to avoid this is to either a) take the carpet up after each trip and let it air dry or manually dry it (2+ hours labor each time), or spend the money to essentially waterproof the damn 4Runner.  


...If you are paying attention to the Obama-Clinton Race, then this may be a little bit of insight for you into the recent upswing in Obama&rsquo;s campaign:  SNL Debate.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Apple selling out too soon?</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Apple</category><dc:date>2008-02-26T21:04:58-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/comeonappledontbeabunchofstiffslikemicrosoftyoureforthepeoplerememberthat.html#unique-entry-id-236</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/comeonappledontbeabunchofstiffslikemicrosoftyoureforthepeoplerememberthat.html#unique-entry-id-236</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And what&rsquo;s more, somewhere along the same way, that RSS feed went from being full of useful, helpful information for mac owners, to basically just being a collection of Press Releases, touting how awesome Apple is, and why you should go and buy everything they&rsquo;ve ever made.


...Before you&rsquo;d get a tale of how certain businesses put Apple products to work for them, now it&rsquo;s all about how you should just buy the very next consumer device they unveil the product they just released so that you can buy the upgraded version as soon as that comes out, too.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Boring&#x2c; Boring Day&#x2c; Crash in the night&#x2c; &#x26; sleeping dogs</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-23T13:50:09-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/thingsthatgocrashinthenight.html#unique-entry-id-235</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/thingsthatgocrashinthenight.html#unique-entry-id-235</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But I shot out of bed anyway, and after finding pants (a hard task when you&rsquo;re half-awake standing in front of a closet&hellip;) I went outside swiftly and quietly to look about.  

...Their place is a stone&rsquo;s throw away from ours and their light was on when I initially went poking about (after the poking I had done earlier &ndash; bada-bing!).  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Round Table Pizza&#x2c; Cast Away&#x2c; &#x26; Capitalism</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-23T09:28:13-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/roundtable_castaway_2ndgennanosareoutrageous.html#unique-entry-id-234</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/roundtable_castaway_2ndgennanosareoutrageous.html#unique-entry-id-234</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But it&rsquo;s an interesting internal debate, and I think processing the reality of it could probably make a lot of so-called loners realize they&rsquo;re not that into being alone after all.


...The brand new nanos are a little bigger than I care for, and they place an emphasis on the screen I don&rsquo;t care for either (thanks, I have a 52&rdquo; HDTV for watching movies, thank you very much).  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cottonelle&#x2c; &#x26; The Simpsons Movie</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-21T16:36:19-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/remindsmeofajokewithabearandabunny.html#unique-entry-id-233</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/remindsmeofajokewithabearandabunny.html#unique-entry-id-233</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In which the voiceover tells me that I should &ldquo;be kind to my behind,&rdquo; and I see a cute little yellow lab puppy running up to a cute older woman.


...We don&rsquo;t really watch The Simpsons show anymore, and not like for the last 10 years it&rsquo;s been so bad, but the movie had gotten decent feedback, so we figured it was worth a shot, plus there&rsquo;s not much else out right now that&rsquo;s close to comedy we&rsquo;re interested in.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Today &#x26; Technology</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-19T10:17:40-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/todayontheoldnewsadecadeagoshow.html#unique-entry-id-232</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/todayontheoldnewsadecadeagoshow.html#unique-entry-id-232</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Today on The Today Show (what a name, by the way) they showcased this new tech called &ldquo;Bluetooth,&rdquo; showing us some cool devices and letting us know how this new technology can work for us!


...Yes, 9 years ago, The Today Show would have been on top of it.  9 years later though, I think they&rsquo;re a little late to the party.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Syriana&#x2c; &#x26; The Girl&#x27;s Health</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-19T09:02:35-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/syrianamadeapointbutitwasburiedunderapileofboring.html#unique-entry-id-231</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/syrianamadeapointbutitwasburiedunderapileofboring.html#unique-entry-id-231</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s very important in that it deals with big corporations being in bed with government, and the &ldquo;illusions&rdquo; of justice & whatnot that they promote in order to do the dastardly things they do.  

...This morning, The Girl wakes up shortly before she has to get up to get ready for school, and says &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t feel good.&rdquo;  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Yard Work&#x2c; &#x26; Movie Night</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-18T13:06:15-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/militaryindustrialcomplexisaseriousthingguysandgirls.html#unique-entry-id-230</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/militaryindustrialcomplexisaseriousthingguysandgirls.html#unique-entry-id-230</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I also put up a new latch on a hidden, swinging door that was latchless before and saw fit to constantly bang in the wind whilst I try to sleep.  

...It&rsquo;s supposedly pretty damn good, and not only that but it deals with matters that, well&hellip; matter to me, namely dirty politics, dirty corporations, and all-around swindling by the all-powerful at the expense of the average joe, a little something I like to call the Military-Industrial Complex.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Fountain&#x2c; &#x26; Camera Talk</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-15T22:07:24-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/fountainsucks_suckycameraisbetter.html#unique-entry-id-229</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/fountainsucks_suckycameraisbetter.html#unique-entry-id-229</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I mean, my DSLR definitely took better pictures, but it took longer to get them processed, and quite honestly, I wasn&rsquo;t taking the damn thing with me.  ...  But as The Girl was going around with me with her camera, and we&rsquo;d be out together, she was taking a lot more photos that I was when I DID have my camera on me, simply because I didn&rsquo;t want to be bothered taking it out and subsequently putting it back.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>the Brave One reviewed&#x2c; &#x26; workout stories</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-12T10:18:05-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/maybenotasbraveastheyhadhoped_sorrylegsihearya.html#unique-entry-id-228</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/maybenotasbraveastheyhadhoped_sorrylegsihearya.html#unique-entry-id-228</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Like the scene with the kid who got his iPod stolen, as he&rsquo;s being questioned by the authorities, he mentions that maybe he didn&rsquo;t come forward because he felt like they deserved what they got.


...I had recently strained something in my back &ndash; perhaps sleeping funny, or maybe the kinky sex, who knows &ndash; and had been avoiding heavy workouts since I was in no shape to huff & puff like that.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Canon SD870 IS: Why it is going back</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-11T13:56:01-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/canonsd870outsd1000in.html#unique-entry-id-227</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/canonsd870outsd1000in.html#unique-entry-id-227</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I wasn&rsquo;t getting much more out of the SD870 than I could have gotten out of The Girl&rsquo;s SD1000, so it just made sense to save the ~$140 and have a camera that I could take about the same pictures with anyway.  

...However, once you zoom in on the scene to some value beyond this, say 90mm or more, even though hardly a thing has changed, when you press the button, the camera will do it&rsquo;s thinking, and come up with a picture that is severely underexposed.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sunshine: The Musical</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-11T08:04:54-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/sunshinethemovie.html#unique-entry-id-226</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/sunshinethemovie.html#unique-entry-id-226</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[They were able to make suspense out of 3-degree rotations, which on paper sounds very boring, but when you&rsquo;re traveling to the Sun I imagine is as harrowing as they made it seem.  

...I have no idea why they did this, I can&rsquo;t fathom that test audiences were like &ldquo;you know, it&rsquo;s gritty and realistic, but there&rsquo;s not enough monster mayhem for me.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Why I like Hilary (not Duff)</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-10T10:03:39-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/hilaryforpresident2008.html#unique-entry-id-225</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/hilaryforpresident2008.html#unique-entry-id-225</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Though Clinton has begun to take on that rhetoric as of late, when the campaigns were getting under way, I remember a debate focusing on education in which everyone &ldquo;had a plan,&rdquo; but Hilary was aware that there was a problem, and admitted she didn&rsquo;t know the exact answer, but said something to the effect that it&rsquo;d really have to be studied by the experts, and a plan devised.  

...I mean, regardless of what you think of his personal hi-jinx in office (I think it was scummy to do it and lie about it, though I would bet he&rsquo;s not the first &ndash; the repubs hated him and I&rsquo;m sure they did whatever they could to dredge up some kind of dirt on him), the fact of the matter is that he and his policies really helped bring America out of the economic drought we were fading into, and helped bring about the boom years we took for granted.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Site/Photo News; addition of &#x22;Bios&#x22;</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-09T11:17:36-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/nowwehavebioswoohoo.html#unique-entry-id-224</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/nowwehavebioswoohoo.html#unique-entry-id-224</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I made a few small changes to the photos pages, mainly I recombined the family pics into one heading, so instead of a solid page of Miles, a solid page of Zoey, and a solid page of The Girl, there&rsquo;s just one &ldquo;Family&rdquo; page with all their pics.


...If you follow the links I just gave, you&rsquo;ll see that there&rsquo;s still some sort of page where each has their own stuff.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>First Shoot w/ the New Rig</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-08T14:51:23-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/canthenewpointandshootcutit.html#unique-entry-id-223</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/canthenewpointandshootcutit.html#unique-entry-id-223</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[That was one of the issues for me, was that yeah it takes pictures that are, on a scale of 1-10, an 8 or 9 as opposed to the 7-8 I&rsquo;m going to be shooting with the P&S, but now?    Now I&rsquo;ll have bunches of 7-8 shots, where before &ndash; since I wasn&rsquo;t taking the dang camera with me &ndash; I was only getting a handful of 8-9 shots, and for that chance extra point shot here and there was doing tons more work.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>My New Camera arrives</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-06T15:43:56-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/canonsd870arrives.html#unique-entry-id-222</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/canonsd870arrives.html#unique-entry-id-222</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This feature allows you to keep the ISO &ndash; that&rsquo;s the equivalent of the film&rsquo;s light sensitivity &ndash; as low as possible, and the camera will still be able to &ldquo;shift&rdquo; that to a higher ISO if and only if it deems it necessary to combat a too-slow shutter speed that might result in blurry images.  ...  I mean, yeah I have the option to work it like hers anyhow, but her buttons are easier to press if I was interested, and I&rsquo;m not sure that I really want to use it in auto mode, you know?  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Camera news&#x2c; Patriots news&#x2c; &#x26; TV news</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-05T22:25:42-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/canonsd870onitswayfolks.html#unique-entry-id-220</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/canonsd870onitswayfolks.html#unique-entry-id-220</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[No, I would not actually pay for two-day express shipping; I&rsquo;m not that desperate for the little guy that I couldn&rsquo;t just wait the extra 3 days and not pay a dime for shipping.  


...No, I want to see beautiful football played to perfection, especially on offense, and that&rsquo;s why I had wanted Indy to win big at the beginning of this decade, and why I wanted to see the Pats pull it off this year if Indy wasn&rsquo;t going to&hellip;  As I have been heard saying, it&rsquo;s not that I like the Patriots necessarily, but how many times do you think we&rsquo;ll be this close to seeing a team pull off the perfect season, especially in such fashion as they have?  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Canon sells me&#x2c; and AAA: thanks &#x26; no thanks</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-02T23:49:04-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/mewantmynewcamera_aaawhatsthematter.html#unique-entry-id-219</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/mewantmynewcamera_aaawhatsthematter.html#unique-entry-id-219</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[She keeps telling me she can&rsquo;t look it up, is there any way I can remember the name of the street that doesn&rsquo;t have a sign, meanwhile I&rsquo;m hearing the tick-tock of minutes fly by on my pay-as-you-go mobile phone that&rsquo;s running low on minutes as it is, begging her to just open up the damn map program and type in the name of the wildlife reserve.


...Speaking of how I feared my minutes would run out mid-rescue-conversation, about 2 minutes after I got off the phone with my lovely AAA roadside assistance agent, I get a call from Virgin Mobile that it&rsquo;s time to &ldquo;top up&rdquo; my phone&rsquo;s minutes.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Losing 1-1/2 hours on the side of the road&#x2c; &#x26; Netflix workin&#x27; out thus far</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-02-01T14:13:34-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/mighty4runnerlookedkindasorry.html#unique-entry-id-218</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/mighty4runnerlookedkindasorry.html#unique-entry-id-218</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Yesterday, though it had rained cats & dogs all the morn, it had cleared to be a nice day out by the time I got home from work.  

...OK so I get the dogs dried off, we&rsquo;re loaded in, I turn around and get ready to leave, then I pull off on the side of the road for a minute.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Speaking of hobbies&#x2c; &#x26; the Fail Blog</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-01-30T22:22:59-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/photographyover_failblog.html#unique-entry-id-217</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/photographyover_failblog.html#unique-entry-id-217</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[OK so maybe you know where I&rsquo;m headed, maybe not, so I&rsquo;ll just spell it out:  There&rsquo;s no way in hell that I have the kind of talent that this guy does.  

...So then I have to ask myself:  Why the hell should I spend $8,000 more to achieve results that are incremental baby-steps from what I could take with a P&S anyway?  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Eating out no more&#x2c; &#x26; a new hobby?</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-01-29T21:10:07-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/nomoremealsout_adventureracingsoundslikefunhuhmiles.html#unique-entry-id-216</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/nomoremealsout_adventureracingsoundslikefunhuhmiles.html#unique-entry-id-216</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Being hungry as we were and with all the meat still in the freezer, we opted for a night out to eat, something we haven&rsquo;t done in a long long time now.  

...We sat around a bunch of people that irritated us, ate food that wasn&rsquo;t all that good, paid too much for it, now feel sick, and all we really got out of it was convenience.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Babel:  Babble?  Who knows.</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-01-27T21:38:43-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/babelreview.html#unique-entry-id-215</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/babelreview.html#unique-entry-id-215</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It started out intriguing, and the the suspense carried through the middle, but as it started to wind down, you realize that there&rsquo;s much more story that needs to be told.    There&rsquo;s not enough character development, but for the first &frac34; of the movie you don&rsquo;t notice this, because you are fooled into thinking that it will come.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Photo Pages Reorganized to Match</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-01-26T22:36:13-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/photopagesupdated.html#unique-entry-id-214</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/photopagesupdated.html#unique-entry-id-214</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So when you navigate to the photo galleries, the ones at the top are newest.  


...Well whatever&rsquo;s under Favorites is most updated outside of the &ldquo;2-F&rsquo;s&rdquo; that shall remain at the top permanently. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Random bob&#x2c; You&#x27;ve changed&#x21;</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-01-26T15:38:26-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/sitethemechangetoday.html#unique-entry-id-213</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/sitethemechangetoday.html#unique-entry-id-213</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And also maybe someone mentioned to me that it looked a little &ldquo;80&rsquo;s-ish,&rdquo;, which I didn&rsquo;t so much mind, but they went on to say that with all the blue &ndash; especially the main shade used &ndash; it looked an awful lot like Windows, my mood changed.


...However I changed that out for fear that less-savvy internet goers might not quite figure out how to get to the content they really need to get to, so I figured a more static, old-fashioned hierarchy system would be best.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Zoey&#x27;s gotta go&#x2c; Heath Ledger&#x27;s Gone&#x2c; &#x26; Batman&#x27;s still on</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-01-22T16:54:57-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/zoeysgottago_heathledgerdiesbutbatmanliveson.html#unique-entry-id-212</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/zoeysgottago_heathledgerdiesbutbatmanliveson.html#unique-entry-id-212</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Like owners like dogs, and thus we have experimented with lots of organic and other &ldquo;all-natural&rdquo; varieties, some of which weren&rsquo;t as well-received as they should have been by mere dogs, others that were scarfed down but then came out a little &ndash; shall we say, Loose? 

...Well we didn&rsquo;t really think it was the food, but we changed a few things we thought might be problematic so that we could get her healthy again fast, and worry about troubleshooting later.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Legginess&#x2c; Atkins Was Right&#x21;&#x2c; &#x26; Macs in the Workplace</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-01-21T07:22:06-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/longlegsaresexy_proteinrocks_.html#unique-entry-id-211</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/longlegsaresexy_proteinrocks_.html#unique-entry-id-211</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[At my work, I am starting to see where they could really stand to streamline certain things, and make the whole process more efficient.  

...I watched the Store Manager show me how she reviews orders for just cigarettes, which is only 100 upc&rsquo;s of the 30,000 we carry, and modifies what the system automatically orders (which is always too much).  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cloverfield: the Whole Experience</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-01-20T12:35:05-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/cloverfieldreview.html#unique-entry-id-210</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/cloverfieldreview.html#unique-entry-id-210</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Of course I always finish getting ready first (in case there&rsquo;s ever a prize for it), and was waiting around for The Girl when around 7:20 I decided for some odd reason to recheck the show times.


...I know it&rsquo;s clich&eacute; to go for the happy Hollywood ending, but&hellip;  Well, if you get the chance to see the movie, you&rsquo;ll understand, but let me just say that there&rsquo;s no reason they had to end it like they did.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Movie Night: 01.18.08</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-01-18T18:22:05-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/cloverfield.html#unique-entry-id-209</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/cloverfield.html#unique-entry-id-209</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Tonight&rsquo;s opening night, and although I've said that once I go Blu-Ray you can count me out of the movie scene, there&rsquo;s one piece of the puzzle that&rsquo;ll prevent me from staying indoors tonight:  The movie is produced by Paramount, one of only two companies holding out on the HD-DVD side of the fight (losing fight, I might add).    So, since it&rsquo;ll probably be at least a year or more before this movie hits the Blu-Ray shelves &ndash; if not longer &ndash; I&rsquo;m going to splurge tonight and partake in this &ldquo;Movie Night Out&rdquo; experience once more.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Work&#x2c; Clinton&#x2c; &#x26; Family Guy</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-01-17T22:03:44-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/igetvacation_clintonstumps_familyguygoingthewrongway.html#unique-entry-id-208</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/igetvacation_clintonstumps_familyguygoingthewrongway.html#unique-entry-id-208</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So a few days ago, at my new job, the head honcho let me know that at my year date I&rsquo;d be eligible for two-week&rsquo;s vacation time, as well as 4 personal days.    She also informed me that I&rsquo;d only have until September 30th to use them all up, as they&rsquo;d expire by then, so I should probably go ahead and request the timeframe I want off so I&rsquo;m more or less guaranteed to be able to use my time off for the year.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Muse: Smashing Pumpkins for the New Millennium</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-01-16T22:29:10-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/museisreallygoodiswhatimsaying.html#unique-entry-id-207</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/museisreallygoodiswhatimsaying.html#unique-entry-id-207</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So in listening to the radio tonight (an unusual thing for me, but Bill Clinton was in town campaigning, so I thought I&rsquo;d listen in), they played a band by the name of Muse from across the pond in the UK.  

...Their stuff was progressive enough to sound superb over 10 years later, while still being understood then, and even now it sounds like some bands are still playing catch-up with this decade-old group that is no more (they are no more.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Macworld 2008: What&#x27;s up&#x2c; by random bob&#x2c; a.r.c.</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-01-15T22:13:08-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/macworldexpo2008.html#unique-entry-id-206</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/macworldexpo2008.html#unique-entry-id-206</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If you are in the new Millenium like me and are watching HD content, you&rsquo;re limited to 720p which is inferior in quality to 1080p, what is otherwise available on Blu-Ray discs, and you don&rsquo;t get the same high-quality audio options, either.  


...I&rsquo;m sorry, but if you want me to shell out the same amount of money (oh yeah, you have to buy the Apple TV too, at the minimum of $229), you either have to up the convenience factor that I already have going, or up the quality factor I already have going, or both.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bolts shock the Sh&#x2a;t out of Colts</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-01-13T13:37:29-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/indylosesliketheloserstheyare.html#unique-entry-id-205</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/indylosesliketheloserstheyare.html#unique-entry-id-205</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Indy&rsquo;s not my team, but I do root for them because when their offense if firing on all cylinders, it&rsquo;s a thing of beauty to watch.  ...  After all is said and done anyway, he with the most points wins, so you may as well get the most points from the start.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Black MacBook Cleaning: a How-To and What-For</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-01-12T20:16:21-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/howtocleanablackmacbook.html#unique-entry-id-204</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/howtocleanablackmacbook.html#unique-entry-id-204</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s not a miracle cure and it won&rsquo;t evaporate set-in stains or anything, but if you start to see shiny spotting on the matte case, put some 91% Isopropyl Alcohol (Rubbing Alcohol) on a soft cloth and lightly polish the area.  

...It&rsquo;s not much to ask, it doesn&rsquo;t take that much time, your computer will look like it&rsquo;s worth every penny for the lifetime it spends with you, then when it comes time to upgrade, you can count on getting a little something back for you efforts.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Wind and sleep&#x2c; &#x26; Democrats and the South</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-01-10T09:02:22-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/windwindgoaway_demsdidntgetthememo.html#unique-entry-id-203</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/windwindgoaway_demsdidntgetthememo.html#unique-entry-id-203</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Don&rsquo;t get me wrong; I love both Clinton & Obama, but you have to understand&hellip; the south ain&rsquo;t going to vote for no nigger, and they ain&rsquo;t gonna let no damn woman be in charge of no man, neither.  


...Yeah I know I&rsquo;m being a little harsh, but&hellip; these are the states that &ldquo;voted with their morals&rdquo; in 2004, and decided that homos suffering through marriage was more wrong than sending their children to die in foreign countries for reasons that don&rsquo;t benefit anyone here.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Friends leave&#x2c; sleep issues&#x2c; &#x26; workout issues too</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-01-06T13:45:26-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/backtonormalhopefullysoon.html#unique-entry-id-202</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/backtonormalhopefullysoon.html#unique-entry-id-202</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Now imagine a sleepy boy, in the middle of the night, trying to sleep as the wind hurls small pebbles of water at these windows, a mere two feet from sleepy boy&rsquo;s head.


...I was still thinking of working out this morning, but then my Fianc&eacute; got home from breakfast with a friend and started rubbing&hellip; my&hellip; chest&hellip;  When it hurt so bad that I was both speechless (yeah I was shocked too) and breathless, I knew it wasn&rsquo;t going to happen.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I am Legend&#x2c; Cloverfield&#x2c; &#x26; Good Damn Parenting</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2008-01-01T10:07:35-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/iamlegend_cloverfield_hannahmontana.html#unique-entry-id-201</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/iamlegend_cloverfield_hannahmontana.html#unique-entry-id-201</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The day our SD friends arrived, The Girl got off of work early and we made it out to see I Am Legend, a Sci-Fi flick starring Will Smith and &ndash; well, a dog, and that&rsquo;s about it.  


...I mean, it would&rsquo;ve been better had they just avoided that all together, and instead just not showed anything, as that would have build suspense in place of the chuckles that their crappy CGI scenes created.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Blu-Ray or HD-DVD?  Which do YOU think&#x2c; eh?</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-12-31T10:25:05-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/blurayistheanswerobviously.html#unique-entry-id-200</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/blurayistheanswerobviously.html#unique-entry-id-200</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For Consumer-mas, a pair of friends from San Diego &ndash; the very same ones that are visiting us right now &ndash; got me a Blu-Ray movie for me because they saw it on my Amazon Wish List.


...When they told me that they had gotten something off of my Wish List, my very first reaction as &ldquo;I hope it&rsquo;s not something that requires something else off the list to be useful.&rdquo;  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Meet The Robinsons&#x2c; &#x26; meet my friends&#x21;</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-12-28T22:21:22-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/meettherobinsons_meetmyfriends.html#unique-entry-id-199</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/meettherobinsons_meetmyfriends.html#unique-entry-id-199</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Now I don&rsquo;t mean to imply by the title that it was not funny, or not entertaining, it&rsquo;s just that&hellip; well, the major plot centered around the Robinsons, a future-based family that&rsquo;s all too quirky.  

...We have some pricey material possessions, but they&rsquo;re few and we take care of them for what they&rsquo;re worth, but for the most part, give me a river, lake, trees, ocean, and I&rsquo;m a happy hiker.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Day of: a Christmas Timeline</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-12-26T16:49:51-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/howwespentchristmas2007.html#unique-entry-id-198</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/howwespentchristmas2007.html#unique-entry-id-198</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I got a nice sweater, some shorts, a piece of workout equipment, a Blu-Ray Movie (which I don&rsquo;t have a player yet to watch it with :-( &hellip; ) and a mini wet/dry vacuum.  


...We got up and had breakfast (using the new cast iron pan), then hung around and eventually got up enough strength to take the dogs out again today.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Holidays are upon us&#x21;</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-12-25T15:11:32-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/happyholidays2007.html#unique-entry-id-197</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/happyholidays2007.html#unique-entry-id-197</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For those of you who aren&rsquo;t in the know, it&rsquo;s a reference to a semi-fictitious holiday made popular on Seinfeld.  

...For those that aren&rsquo;t in the know, it&rsquo;s a reference to a date in December (the 25th) that the christians took away from the pagans to celebrate the &ldquo;birth of Christ&rdquo; who was NOT born on December 25th.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What I thought of Eastern Promises</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-12-24T08:24:18-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/easternpromisesreview.html#unique-entry-id-196</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/easternpromisesreview.html#unique-entry-id-196</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I watched the short &ldquo;Bonus Materials&rdquo; stuff on the disc, and the director was talking about how they wanted to leave it like that, sort of let the audience contemplate the nature of man, the decisions we face, and how we react.  

...Sure I want to leave and talk about the film, but the way this ended, it was sort of ambiguous;  you didn&rsquo;t know enough about the characters to have an argument over what you thought happened, and that sort of bothered me.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Miles&#x2c; you totally rock.  Rock on&#x2c; Dude&#x2c; rock on</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-12-20T14:43:32-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/milesisgodthereisaidit.html#unique-entry-id-195</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/milesisgodthereisaidit.html#unique-entry-id-195</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been working pretty well as far as getting the target out into the deeper waters, but the problem is it&rsquo;s also rougher out there, and if Miles loses track of the ball, he retreats back to shallow waters to try and find it.  

...Yes, My Miles is so stupendously awesome, that in the middle of being tossed around by a wave so violent that it took the collar off from around his neck, he had the sense to grab his own collar out of the turbulent waters and carry it back.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spears Book&#x2c; TO talking&#x2c; &#x26; Miles&#x27; Vet visit</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-12-20T10:05:48-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/milesyoualrightbuddysureyouarethatdickcouldntfindahorsesass.html#unique-entry-id-194</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/milesyoualrightbuddysureyouarethatdickcouldntfindahorsesass.html#unique-entry-id-194</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Then he says that if the antibiotics don&rsquo;t clear up the growth, then we can surgically remove it.  

...He informed me a few days ago on the phone that surgical removal of something on the eyelid is sort of a problem, because if they remove eyelid and he can&rsquo;t close his eye properly all the way... he&rsquo;ll have persistent infection problems of the eye.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>News Hits for the day: Spears&#x2c; Star Wars&#x2c; Women&#x2c; &#x26; Drugs</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-12-19T10:32:33-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/spearssluts_deathstar_sexistclubs_potequalsmoney.html#unique-entry-id-193</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/spearssluts_deathstar_sexistclubs_potequalsmoney.html#unique-entry-id-193</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I mean, the only way the club can make their case I think is if they can convince the judge that women are indeed just objects for men to behold.


Yes, it might very well have far-reaching implications for other &ldquo;only you and not them&rdquo; specials.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sleep-Deprived&#x2c; but a fun day at the beach anyway</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-12-16T22:31:00-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/milesgetsoreyoumustbejokingyousillyjokeryou.html#unique-entry-id-192</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/milesgetsoreyoumustbejokingyousillyjokeryou.html#unique-entry-id-192</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Now couple that with the fact that when I got home, I was informed there was chocolate pudding in the fridge, and you can piece together how I maybe got one or two good hours of sleep before I was up and at &lsquo;em.  

...The other day when we ended up going off-roading, we also came across a little area that faces the bay, not the ocean, so there is no crashing waves or anything, just abruptly receding land that gives way to nice, deep water.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>L.A. Confidential&#x2c; Lost&#x2c; &#x26; Steroids</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-12-13T21:18:14-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/rememberkimbasingerinthatmovieyeahthatwashot.html#unique-entry-id-191</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/rememberkimbasingerinthatmovieyeahthatwashot.html#unique-entry-id-191</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Filled to the brim with quality actors giving caliber performances, and a story that is simple enough to follow yet complex enough to keep you engaged, it&rsquo;s a classic that is soon to be on my list of movies to add to my collection.  

...They are not sure when yet, and I am sure of this because I just got back from checking the official site, which says TBD for the next episode.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Carpet Questions&#x2c; 4Runner fun&#x2c; &#x26; How nice to really be</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-12-13T14:55:56-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/carpetblows_4x4_dontbesonice.html#unique-entry-id-190</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/carpetblows_4x4_dontbesonice.html#unique-entry-id-190</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I keep telling her she needs to stand up for herself and not let people walk all over her all the time, otherwise they&rsquo;ll continue to do so because they know they can get away with it.


...If it had been me, instead of being all &ldquo;oh it&rsquo;s alright, I&rsquo;ll do it, no problem,&rdquo; that lady would have heard &ldquo;You mean now that I&rsquo;ve gone out of my way to give you the shift you asked for, and subsequently made other plans, you&rsquo;re calling to renege on that deal?  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Superbad&#x2c; &#x26; why &#x24;15 means up all night</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-12-12T06:00:41-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/superbadissupergood_evenonnosleep.html#unique-entry-id-189</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/superbadissupergood_evenonnosleep.html#unique-entry-id-189</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This is High School, and if you went to that institution any time in the last 30 years, you&rsquo;ll probably get a kick out of this movie because that&rsquo;s exactly what High School is:  Potty Humor.  


...BUT, if you know This Guy, then you may have heard that in fact it sort of is an autobiography, as he and his friend wrote the story about how their High School life went down for the most part (or if you&rsquo;re into potty humor, how it didn&rsquo;t &lsquo;go down,&rsquo; if you get my drift hint hint wink wink).  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Doggie Baths&#x2c; Doggy Blemishes&#x2c; &#x26; Doggie Abuser</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-12-11T14:25:20-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/doggiepostsonlytoday.html#unique-entry-id-188</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/doggiepostsonlytoday.html#unique-entry-id-188</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[He&rsquo;s always had some measure of weepy eye, but this was kinda goopy instead of just teary, so I figured I&rsquo;d try to clean it up and out and make it recover a bit faster.  

...Couple that with the public defacing of his image, and the lost job & also the ability to garner positive press which&rsquo;ll lead to few &ndash; if any &ndash;endorsements, and I think he&rsquo;ll have suffered a due amount.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>No Really: The Girl &#x26; Marisa are a &#x22;Thing&#x22;; &#x26; updates</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-12-06T21:01:31-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/marisamilleristheonlyoneonmycelebritylist.html#unique-entry-id-187</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/marisamilleristheonlyoneonmycelebritylist.html#unique-entry-id-187</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Anyone that read that probably thought that I was in for a severe case of the girlfriend blues, and I would think that about someone else, too, had they written what I wrote.  

...Who knows; The Girl goes back to the death trap on the 16th and will be gone until the 20th of this month, so I&rsquo;ll probably even be able to get a Mac Tip or two up during that week.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Gallery Styles&#x2c; Marisa Miller&#x2c; &#x26; Saving your Work</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-12-05T22:08:33-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/newslideshows_marisamiller_savesavesaveexclamationpoint.html#unique-entry-id-186</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/newslideshows_marisamiller_savesavesaveexclamationpoint.html#unique-entry-id-186</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It also makes it much easier to browse the pictures and look at the ones you want, as you&rsquo;re not shuffled off to another page each time you click a picture.  

...Last night, as I was working through all my pages, getting them updated to the new style &ndash;&nbsp;a process that took the better part of an hour &ndash; I had this thought:  I should really save my work thus far.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Ocean&#x27;s Big Number; Da Weather; Not Mad; &#x26; JLH Pics</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-12-04T08:28:38-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/windwhatwindthisaintnothingok.html#unique-entry-id-185</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/windwhatwindthisaintnothingok.html#unique-entry-id-185</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Look, I agree that hollywood DOES give people an unreal sense of beauty when they touch up people&rsquo;s photos and do this & that to make such & such person look a way they don&rsquo;t really look.  ...  So JLH gains 120 pounds, you try to slim that down on film because everyone loved her in I Know What your Beautiful Big Breasts did 3 Summers Ago at that One Place with the Boats & the fishermen & that one hunky guy; You know the one I&rsquo;m talkin&rsquo; about.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>At it again with the Digital Photography</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-11-30T13:14:14-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/canonelphhereicome.html#unique-entry-id-183</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/canonelphhereicome.html#unique-entry-id-183</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We both took our cameras out on the same walk, but I didn&rsquo;t see much worth pulling out my camera for, because I had shot that already, and the thing&rsquo;s just big and a pain to carry around and pull out for that one shot that I already got.


...Basically, if I want to continue on the path I have started and be happy with my output, I&rsquo;d need to dive deep into it, with better camera, lenses, bags to carry them around in (and make them more accessible), and I&rsquo;d need to do this all at once.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Holidays begin&#x2c; Child-Parent relationships&#x2c; &#x26; FOOTBALL&#x21;</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-11-26T19:52:58-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/imgettinnuthinforchristmas_childjockeyprodigy_patriotsalmostlose.html#unique-entry-id-182</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/imgettinnuthinforchristmas_childjockeyprodigy_patriotsalmostlose.html#unique-entry-id-182</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I got stuck over there for longer than I had wanted to be, and after a while I hear a loud screech, followed by the pitter-patter of little feet scurrying past me at double-time, running across the front of the store, then down the back aisle towards the back of the store.  

...On my way across the store, I come across the dim-witted mother (I&rsquo;m going to call her that every time), and she asks me if I can tell her child &ndash; who&rsquo;s now laying in the middle of the candy aisle, 20 feet from her mom &ndash; that she can&rsquo;t have the ball she&rsquo;s clutching.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>American Gangster&#x2c; Scary Movie Preview&#x2c; &#x26; Silent Site Changes</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-11-22T18:25:11-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/americangangster_slystillatit_silentsiteupdate.html#unique-entry-id-181</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/americangangster_slystillatit_silentsiteupdate.html#unique-entry-id-181</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s good, not worthy enough to warrant any awards though, and what you&rsquo;ve read elsewhere about it &ndash; namely that it&rsquo;s sort of clich&eacute;, all-been-done-before stuff &ndash; is accurate enough.  

...So I figured rather than have a blog and a mini-blog letting visitors know that things like the blog have been updated&hellip; I just skipped step b-y, an went straight to z.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Parenting &#x26; Me&#x2c; and Movie Night</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-11-21T19:15:45-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/thedoggydaddy_nudetyping.html#unique-entry-id-180</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/thedoggydaddy_nudetyping.html#unique-entry-id-180</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Just saying that it hit me today while I was rolling around on the floor with my dogs, that they really are my kids, and I&rsquo;m daddy to them much the way I&rsquo;d be daddy to a child.  

...With the dogs, I can collar them, and it&rsquo;s perfectly acceptable to just put their name and home phone on a tag around their neck.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Mighty Mouse Repair; Housing Market; The Vickster; and how youtube made me download a song</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-11-20T18:49:09-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/itsamousethatsprettymightyihear.html#unique-entry-id-179</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/itsamousethatsprettymightyihear.html#unique-entry-id-179</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The hard part really is the first step, getting the grey ring pried off without A) stabbing yourself silly with a very sharp razor edge &ndash; which I almost succeeded at, and/or B) snapping the grey ring while prying it off, which miraculously I managed to avoid entirely.


...After having watched too many videos on youtube with people dancing to Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, and also hating how Kanye West ruined it by opening his mouth and attempting to &lsquo;rap&rsquo; on this track, I decided to shell out the 99&cent; necessary to get a copy of the real thing from iTunes.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Patriots SUCK&#x21;  Oh wait&#x2c; they&#x27;re actually pretty good</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-11-18T21:54:01-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/gopatsgo.html#unique-entry-id-178</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/gopatsgo.html#unique-entry-id-178</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[They have the goods, they show up every Sunday and get to work putting points on the board, dominating teams like I would if I were an NFL team&hellip;  So what&rsquo;s not to like?  

...I mean, if the Pats just gave up in the 3rd quarter, why wouldn&rsquo;t a team feel like they were being babied, that the Pats were just keeping it close to &ldquo;make them feel better?&rdquo;  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The rain &#x2013; it comes&#x2c; it goes; and a small minor irritation</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-11-18T17:13:30-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/rainraingoawayoknowyoucancomeagain.html#unique-entry-id-177</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/rainraingoawayoknowyoucancomeagain.html#unique-entry-id-177</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Except that for the last two weeks or so, instead of keeping an eye on the ball and rushing out after it, he just takes off into the general direction of the waves, and hopes it lands somewhere in front of him.  ...  Which sucks and is quite irritating, because the game of fetch is best when the part of fetcher is played by Miles, not me, but since I actually see the ball into the ocean, I usually end up tracking it to shore, and retrieving it from there.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>House maintenance finishes&#x2c; WAG doesn&#x27;t include me</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-11-17T08:13:18-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/showerisgood_writersstrikewhatwriterstrike.html#unique-entry-id-176</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/showerisgood_writersstrikewhatwriterstrike.html#unique-entry-id-176</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[, we got him to snake the entire house line from the kitchen to wherever the damn blockage was, about some 70-100 feet beyond the cap (the cap I couldn&rsquo;t get off).  

...It was all very gross and pretty smelly, but in particular there was a hairball in the middle of everything that came out.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>House Maintenance Continues...</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-11-16T10:53:13-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ishouldabeenaplumberwithrateslikethaticouldaffordavan.html#unique-entry-id-175</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ishouldabeenaplumberwithrateslikethaticouldaffordavan.html#unique-entry-id-175</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I mean, it seemed to me that all I needed was two fat, hairy cheeks that don&rsquo;t fit into a pair of pants, one of those snake things, and a wrench.  

...I got quotes starting at $85-150 all the way to one that said it was $150 the first hour, then $100 every hour after that, then $200 to check with a camera to make sure it&rsquo;s unclogged.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>American Ganster: Maybe next time</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-11-16T08:15:24-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/howaboutanamericanplumber.html#unique-entry-id-174</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/howaboutanamericanplumber.html#unique-entry-id-174</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Last night, we got all dressed up to go and see American Gangster, the new movie starring Denzel Washington (Denzel, a name that spell check hates, BTW) and Russell Crowe (Crowe, another name that spell check hates).  

...How do you go from all dressed up to wrist-deep in gunk in under 5 minutes?  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Computer&#x2c; Old Computer&#x2c; Guys suck</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-11-10T09:23:16-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/outwiththeoldinwiththenew_canirunhimover.html#unique-entry-id-173</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/outwiththeoldinwiththenew_canirunhimover.html#unique-entry-id-173</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On our old machines with the older OS, it wasn&rsquo;t as easy to see other machines on a network, but you could connect to them even if they had firewalls up for safety reasons.  

...And for those of you that think his actions constitute &ldquo;properly provoked,&rdquo; I on one hand agree, but realistically, I can&rsquo;t just walk in two days later (the next time he worked) and reach across the bar and slap some fool.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New MacBook arrives - Starts GadgetFest 2007&#x2c; Leopard&#x2c; &#x26; Politics</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Apple</category><dc:date>2007-11-07T08:31:48-08:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/gadgetfest2007_politicsblows.html#unique-entry-id-172</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/gadgetfest2007_politicsblows.html#unique-entry-id-172</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So just use the one Space, that way when you go away from that program, all your stuff is still right there, and you don&rsquo;t have to hunt spaces to find it.  


...Someone found this out and used it in some pamphlets to basically state that he &ldquo;dumped&rdquo; his daughter, and if he can&rsquo;t raise his poor little girl, how is he qualified to help lead this little po&rsquo;-dunk town full of drunkards and morons?  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Got the Leopard&#x2c; oh and a new computer too</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-11-01T09:54:16-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/yaynewmacbook_yayleopard_appleshouldreallyhiremeimprettyuseful.html#unique-entry-id-171</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/yaynewmacbook_yayleopard_appleshouldreallyhiremeimprettyuseful.html#unique-entry-id-171</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Because the thought is, if I could do the MacBook for most of my needs, then we could get a decent Desktop machine and come out cheaper than getting the MBP 17&rdquo; model that I want/need.  

...If not, like for instance we go and get an iMac and that becomes a moot issue, then we could always sell it on the ebay to recoup a good $400-$500 of the cost of the new one.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Leopard&#x2c; Laptops and Cameras&#x2c; &#x26; Small Baseball Critique</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-10-28T22:16:05-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/leopard_newequipment_baseballsucks.html#unique-entry-id-170</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/leopard_newequipment_baseballsucks.html#unique-entry-id-170</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This solution had to be able to fit my camera with the longer of the lenses attached (as that&rsquo;s what I shoot with most frequently), my 17&rdquo; Laptop, and have a space for the hiking day&rsquo;s essentials, namely jug of water for the dogs, a small bowl (again for the dogs), and maybe a light jacket or something.


...I knew I&rsquo;d be paying for a bag of this caliber, but I figured if it could do all I asked, I could use it as my hiking bag as well as my all-around bag, but the damned thing just doesn&rsquo;t exist.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Seen: Apocalypto&#x2c; &#x26; birthday treat fulfilled</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-10-16T16:06:24-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/apocalypto_ofrubsandmanes.html#unique-entry-id-169</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/apocalypto_ofrubsandmanes.html#unique-entry-id-169</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Well if you look at things as they are in the film and as it relates to current times, the morals of the story are that war is bad, man is wicked, and man&rsquo;s organizations & societies are built upon this wickedness & the perversion of all our finer qualities, instead focusing on superficialities, and the mere appearance of being close to god and all that stands for.  

...It&rsquo;s a movie worth watching I think, if only because it personifies the evil that is man&rsquo;s war against himself, and in such close-knit settings of family ties, really does a good job of showing the grief of loss & suffering wrought upon the innocent, when we don&rsquo;t think about the consequences of our actions beyond our own selves.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Knocked Up&#x2c; Sickly Woman&#x2c; &#x26; New Fetish(es)</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-10-14T23:40:28-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/knockedup_thegirlwassick_toysohmy.html#unique-entry-id-168</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/knockedup_thegirlwassick_toysohmy.html#unique-entry-id-168</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Most of the time that&rsquo;s probably what I&rsquo;ll be carrying with me, even around town, but there are moments when I don&rsquo;t want to have the laptop with me & just have the camera in a smaller case.  

...But this is one of those &ldquo;you get what you pay for&rdquo; things, this I already know from experience with cheaper glass, and I have no desire to shoot for the middle of the pack and end up still dissatisfied.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Ross &#x26; their Flannel Sheets&#x2c; &#x26; lessons learnt</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-10-06T23:38:08-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/yougetwhatyoupayfor.html#unique-entry-id-167</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/yougetwhatyoupayfor.html#unique-entry-id-167</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We get to Ross early on the off chance they might have in-season stuff at the out-of-season store, and imagine my surprise when right in the front on display was a boatload of flannel sheets.  

...That is, until we used the plastic one and found out that it did not have a return spring, so we had to pull it off, rather than simply release the handle, and the little &ldquo;stay-on triangle thingy&rdquo; thing didn&rsquo;t actually fit where it was supposed to, so you couldn&rsquo;t lock it in the on position either.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Interesting facts&#x2c; 3:10 to Yuma&#x2c; &#x26; newfound rhythm</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-10-02T11:40:19-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/rolypolies_310toyuma_buttspasms.html#unique-entry-id-166</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/rolypolies_310toyuma_buttspasms.html#unique-entry-id-166</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If you&rsquo;re putting a story together (pay attention, future screenwriters), there should never come a time when you&rsquo;re introducing plot elements that don&rsquo;t follow from the previous;  it&rsquo;s call the &ldquo;deus ex machina,&rdquo; and it&rsquo;s basically insulting your audience in order to make it to the end of the story you already conceived, but now realize would be impossible to attain without some unexplainable, implausible notions and/or actions taking place.  


...Or the bad guy getting into a cell willingly, after there&rsquo;s no one left to force him into it as they&rsquo;re all dead, even though he&rsquo;s been trying to escape for the last 2 hours (film time).  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New photos posted&#x2c; &#x26; freaky dreams</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-10-01T09:05:21-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/oceanpicsposted_runmrdanielrun.html#unique-entry-id-165</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/oceanpicsposted_runmrdanielrun.html#unique-entry-id-165</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I blogged not all that long ago about having discovered that an old acquaintance  &ndash; &ldquo;Smyle Kith&rdquo; &ndash; that lived a street or two away from me as a child had happened to move to the same area as me now, and only a street or two away.  

...We didn&rsquo;t get caught or anything, but the guilt of killing one of my bestest friends was hell on me, and haunted me even during a shopping trip to Costco.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Interesting Movie to come&#x2c; Tales from the Gym&#x2c; &#x26; How to Heal properly</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-09-29T22:08:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ironman_barbellexercises_healingpowerofweights.html#unique-entry-id-164</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/ironman_barbellexercises_healingpowerofweights.html#unique-entry-id-164</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But I digress&hellip;), I went back to the gym before the arm felt like it was 100%, and both times it was because I got to the point where it was like it&rsquo;s never going to be 100% again, I need to learn to deal with it like it is.  

...This is the second time that I&rsquo;ve worked it out for my forearm, and I must tell you that I&rsquo;ve done it before for a knee that I never thought would be right again, after 3 months of rest and compress.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Site Irregularities&#x2c; Overview: Shooter&#x2c; &#x26; Week rental vs. 2-hr. Rental</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-09-25T19:34:39-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/siteeffedup_shooter_movierentals.html#unique-entry-id-163</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/siteeffedup_shooter_movierentals.html#unique-entry-id-163</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[After everyone&rsquo;s gone free, the bad guys, the ones that can move people in & out of governments without question to kill, the ones that have friends in high places and an army of mercenaries to defend them & seek out others to destroy, seem to forget the good guy that can totally f*ck their sh*t up is out there, and make no attempt to finish what they started (end result: good guy dead).  

...We both like to go to the movies, but truth be told it&rsquo;s expensive, being at least $20 with no food or drink (which we don&rsquo;t mind so much), and then on top of the cost of entry we have to sit around with a whole bunch of people we don&rsquo;t know, who may be loud & rude, or possibly smelly, or possibly and/or smelly.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Ju-Jitsu+electronics=bad&#x2c; &#x26; doggy doctor appts</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-09-24T08:49:52-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/jujitsu_milesfleaproof.html#unique-entry-id-162</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/jujitsu_milesfleaproof.html#unique-entry-id-162</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Not that sea lions repel fleas or anything, but if you&rsquo;re out in their territory &ndash; the water &ndash; as much as he is, well fleas need air to &lsquo;breathe&rsquo; and as such probably wouldn&rsquo;t take residence on a dog that thinks he&rsquo;s a fish.  

...If they equip the next-gens with Blu-Ray disc players, they already have digital audio out (I just have to find out how to hook it up), I could just plug it in to the TV and watch what I want when I want, and archive to HUGE BD discs.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Back early&#x2c; Transformers&#x2c; &#x26; My lastest endeavor</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-09-23T19:48:40-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/imback_transformers_womanese.html#unique-entry-id-161</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/imback_transformers_womanese.html#unique-entry-id-161</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A few days ago (could be a week), I was up early and checking my email as I&rsquo;m wont to do, when I hear what sounds like a very loud zap sound, followed by what sounded like an empty, echoed explosion.  

...I said that though she&rsquo;s very specific in the specific sense about the gross ones, she&rsquo;s not so specific about the un-gross ones; when she gets hit on by HOT GUYS, she tells me that they &ldquo;were OK,&rdquo; which is woman for &ldquo;He was f*cking HOT.&rdquo;
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Weight story&#x2c; &#x26; my semi-forced hiatus</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-09-22T23:55:30-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/workoutcatastrophe_hiatus.html#unique-entry-id-160</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/workoutcatastrophe_hiatus.html#unique-entry-id-160</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[You may recall from a previous post that we opted to get our own home gym equipment on the cheap, rather than try to get a membership around here for a club that&rsquo;s not as good as we&rsquo;re used to anyways, and then have to actually find this club and drive there.  

...It&rsquo;s not that the weights have to fall to cause catastrophe, but imagine straining to hold a certain amount of weight up, and suddenly the balance point &ndash; which you had in the middle of your grip &ndash; suddenly changes and you can&rsquo;t really compensate fast enough, and next thing you know you have weight crashing towards the ground.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Alive &#x26; well &#x2013; the blog&#x2c; too</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-09-21T14:11:05-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/randombobaliveandwell.html#unique-entry-id-159</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/randombobaliveandwell.html#unique-entry-id-159</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Nothing special, just a few minor issues that have taken up my time, ultimately the time I&rsquo;d have used to blog.    I&rsquo;ll update later, but for now suffice to say that I&rsquo;m making a list and checking it twice.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Hiking the river; looking for dogs</title><dc:creator>random bob, a.r.c.</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-09-15T23:08:03-07:00</dc:date><link>http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/daddydoggyrescue.html#unique-entry-id-158</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://homepage.mac.com/bettynbob/randombob/files/daddydoggyrescue.html#unique-entry-id-158</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But now I was a little worried, because she was between me and the river, so there&rsquo;s no way she could have gotten too far out of range without crossing my line of sight.  

...I&rsquo;m not sure what had possessed her to do this, other than dumb-ness, but there she was, having fallen through a level of brush and now sitting on another level of brush below th