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		<title>Is It Any Wonder I Love Him</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Text exchange with Alpha Geek: Me: Gyroscopes are cool. He: Best 1920s technology evah!]]></description>
		<link>http://bertha.yetta.net/2012/01/27/is-it-any-wonder-i-love-him/</link>
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		<title>S-M-R-T</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I seem to have gotten a reputation for being the computer geek. For several months now, if someone has a computer-related problem, they come ask me. I don&#8217;t know why; I never claimed to be an expert, and half the time I don&#8217;t know the answer, either. But I&#8217;m happy to do what I can. <a href='http://bertha.yetta.net/2012/01/26/s-m-r-t/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stupid Period</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(TMI warning. Squeamish males may want to hit the pageback button now.) My monthly courses tend to follow a pattern. A day or two of anemic flow, a day when my uterus attempts to eject itself from my body, and another day or two of anemic flow. During that middle one, I carry half a <a href='http://bertha.yetta.net/2012/01/13/stupid-period/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://bertha.yetta.net/2012/01/13/stupid-period/</link>
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		<title>Still Employed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I started this job in July. Since then, there have been three new hires and five (maybe six) firings. The hiring strategy here seems to be of the &#8220;throw shit at the wall and see what sticks&#8221; variety. The latest layoff was this week, when the only other male in the office besides the boss <a href='http://bertha.yetta.net/2012/01/10/still-employed-2/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://bertha.yetta.net/2012/01/10/still-employed-2/</link>
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		<title>Happy New Year!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hope you&#8217;re all starting this one off well&#8212;especially since it&#8217;s apparently going to be our last!]]></description>
		<link>http://bertha.yetta.net/2012/01/01/happy-new-year-4/</link>
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		<title>Tossing Junk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My long-term dejunking project has moved into the kitchen. One cabinet at a time, I&#8217;m dragging everything out, scrubbing down the woodwork, and getting rid of the stuff I don&#8217;t ever use. Half the shit is going to the local thrift store; I&#8217;ve never liked cooking and have no idea how I wound up with <a href='http://bertha.yetta.net/2011/12/18/tossing-junk/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://bertha.yetta.net/2011/12/18/tossing-junk/</link>
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		<title>The Stupid, It Burns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday, we got the 2012 DVD from Netflix. I rented it for The Artist, who loves stupid disaster movies. I think his favorite part is the commentary from his parents. 2012 Scientist: Temperatures are rising with incredible velocity across the globe! Me: Temperature doesn&#8217;t have velocity! Alpha Geek: No, no. You can&#8217;t be this outraged <a href='http://bertha.yetta.net/2011/12/17/the-stupid-it-burns/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://bertha.yetta.net/2011/12/17/the-stupid-it-burns/</link>
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		<title>Colloquialisms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Director was putting on his coat. &#8220;Going somewhere?&#8221; I asked him. &#8220;Just going outside.&#8221; &#8220;Good idea. Go enjoy the sunshine.&#8221; &#8220;Well, I&#8217;m just going to go herp around outside.&#8221; &#8220;That&#8217;s pretty much what people mean when they say &#8216;enjoy the sunshine.&#8217;&#8221; &#8220;Reallly?&#8221; &#8220;Yep. It means &#8216;go herp around outside.&#8217;&#8221; Later, I called to the <a href='http://bertha.yetta.net/2011/12/17/colloquialisms/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://bertha.yetta.net/2011/12/17/colloquialisms/</link>
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		<title>Freeway Signs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I kind of wish they&#8217;d really put these up over the freeway. Nicked from Dr. Grumpy.]]></description>
		<link>http://bertha.yetta.net/2011/11/27/freeway-signs/</link>
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		<title>Sedition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One morning last week I came in to work and found a couple of documents on my desk. There was a post-it note from the boss atop them, saying he needed them signed for his attorney or somesuch. One of them was a standard nondisclosure agreement. Nothing unexpected or concerning there; I work with private <a href='http://bertha.yetta.net/2011/11/25/sedition/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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