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	<title>View from the Bench</title>
	<link>http://www.benched42.net</link>
	<description>Who lied and told you life would EVER be fair?</description>
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		<title>Hacking Through The Jargon Jungle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hacking Through the Jargon Jungle
I&#8217;ve worked in a computer company for the last few years, I&#8217;ve gained an insider&#8217;s perspective. I&#8217;ve decided to share my knowledge with the uninitiated by creating the following brief, handy glossary:

Alpha
Software undergoes alpha testing as a first step in getting user feedback. Alpha is Latin for &#8220;doesn&#8217;t work.&#8221;

Beta
Software undergoes beta [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2010/03/09/hacking-through-the-jargon-jungle/</link>
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		<title>Twelve Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twelve Tips from Employees to Managers on How to Enhance the Relationship

Never give me work in the morning.  Always wait until 5:00 and then bring it to me.  The challenge of a deadline is refreshing.
If it&#8217;s really a &#8220;rush job,&#8221; run in and interrupt me every 10 minutes to inquire how it&#8217;s going. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2010/03/05/twelve-tips/</link>
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		<title>Your Social Security</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (&#038; some older ones) didn&#8217;t know this. It&#8217;s easy to check out, if you don&#8217;t believe it.
Be sure and show it to your kids. They need a little history lesson on what&#8217;s what and it doesn&#8217;t matter whether you are Democrat or Republican. Facts are Facts!!!
Our Social [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2010/03/01/your-social-security/</link>
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		<title>End Of The Season</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, at least let&#8217;s hope it&#8217;s the end of the season! The snow season, that is. And what goes on sale at the end of the snow season? That&#8217;s right, Martha! Snow throwers. Here&#8217;s what I got:
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It&#8217;s a Troy-Bilt. It&#8217;s a quality brand. Got a friend Rick who&#8217;s had one for a while and he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2010/02/28/end-of-the-season/</link>
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		<title>Light Bulbs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was going through some old text files on my computer last night and found a few I&#8217;ll be posting over the next few days. Here&#8217;s the first one, titled &#8220;Computer Industry Related Light Bulb Jokes&#8221;:
Q:  How many Windows programmers does it take to change a light bulb?
A:  Four hundred and seventy-two. One [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2010/02/24/light-bulbs/</link>
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		<title>A Barber&#8217;s Tale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One day a florist went to a barber for a haircut.
After the cut, he asked about his bill, and the barber replied, &#8216;I cannot accept money from you , I&#8217;m doing community service this week.&#8217; The florist was pleased and left the shop.
When the barber went to open his shop the next morning, there was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2010/02/23/a-barbers-tale/</link>
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		<title>What Did You Just Say?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m at WalMart buying lunch and some snacks for tonight (we&#8217;re going to a trivia night for JDRF) and I&#8217;m walking to the back of WalMart where I can get some popcorn chicken. On the way I see this young one who is probably no older than 3 crawling on the floor, as pretty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2010/02/19/what-did-you-just-say/</link>
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		<title>Respect!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEA officer stops at a ranch in Texas , and talks with an old rancher. He tells the rancher, &#8220;I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs.&#8221; The rancher says, &#8220;Okay , but do not go in that field over there,&#8221; as he points out the location.
The DEA officer verbally explodes saying, &#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2010/02/19/respect/</link>
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