<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The User Pool]]></title><description><![CDATA[The User Pool]]></description><link>https://www.theuserpool.com/home</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:16:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.theuserpool.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The User Pool - Chapter 1. Blair]]></title><description><![CDATA[The day Mulhausen shot the CIO in Weekly Staff was bad for worse reasons than that. It was also the day Blair found out I had sex with my...]]></description><link>https://www.theuserpool.com/post/1-blair</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5b29917d40ca4600145d68be</guid><category><![CDATA[Chapters]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 23:28:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fa564_51d18070953849ff97419d71225461ee~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason X</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Avoid Candy Bar Season at Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now that people are unwillingly going back to the office, some of the political landmines (we no longer had to navigate working remotely)...]]></description><link>https://www.theuserpool.com/post/how-to-avoid-candy-bar-season-at-work</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6435b52b59ce3cddaecc0f64</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Latest]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2023 20:53:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fa564_da22be389e7c4a44a6c4d2c927f1a35f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_628,h_314,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason X</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Articles About How to Get Traffic to Your Website Are Vaporware]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Steve Martin was doing standup as an up-and-coming comedian, he had a bit that went something like this: You can be a millionaire...]]></description><link>https://www.theuserpool.com/post/articles-about-how-to-get-traffic-to-your-website-are-vaporware</link><guid isPermaLink="false">641a5ef234f7f19187d576f1</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:53:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fa564_e5e88689b01045a1abb91cdec6cce6f9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_400,h_300,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason X</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tucker Carlson Views Extended Version of Justice League and Gives It a Positive Spin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zack Snyder turned over the extended 4,100 hour uncut version of Justice League to Tucker Carlson (because he promised he would). On...]]></description><link>https://www.theuserpool.com/post/tucker-carlson-views-extended-version-of-justice-league-and-gives-it-a-positive-spin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64137a3d2e3c167578097a97</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 18:04:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fa564_ea412b44f0334f1d901d53145ccc1627~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason X</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Compelling Reasons to work from home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now that celebrity Covid-19 has mostly become a has-been, companies are requiring workers to come back to the office and return to...]]></description><link>https://www.theuserpool.com/post/5-compelling-reasons-to-work-from-home</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6406405dca53eede2c80268e</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 21:43:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fa564_6436b1f8ed4d42a59ee6b8a46ef191ed~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_630,h_420,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason X</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[McKinney]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long before Smithee started working at the Company, McKinney scheduled a meeting with me entitled “3D Pornography.” McKinney was the...]]></description><link>https://www.theuserpool.com/post/mckinney</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6400fa799213ca7b5c316b16</guid><category><![CDATA[Chapters]]></category><category><![CDATA[Latest Chapter]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:45:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fa564_0350f2d39be340588d56f69898ce94c5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason X</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[marjorie taylor greene proposes Christian Standard Time for the world]]></title><description><![CDATA[While congress debates the elimination of Daylight Saving in the US, the outspoken Representative from Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Greene,...]]></description><link>https://www.theuserpool.com/post/marjorie-taylor-greene-proposes-christian-standard-time-for-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63fd08c61808594d55e01e95</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 20:17:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fa564_f4cd10cd86294b67adcca575baf55ff3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_907,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason X</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unique Date Ideas for Valentine's Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Valentine's Day may be an exciting holiday for you if you're very young, but as life goes on, this day can get pretty monotonous. 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Wheels]]></title><description><![CDATA[The day Mulhausen shot the CIO in Weekly Staff, was also the day our department fax machine ran out of toner and Kristy demonstrated how...]]></description><link>https://www.theuserpool.com/post/the-user-pool-8-wheels</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63e68ecf7a4dbc55e1751e9c</guid><category><![CDATA[Chapters]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 18:43:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fa564_55d0407f0ccc438c9c8d2d2d78993d6e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_696,h_348,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason X</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quiet Employment]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've written about quiet quitting, quiet firing, and loud quitting. It's time we discuss quiet employment. 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The Peter Principle]]></title><description><![CDATA[While staring down the barrel of Mulhausen’s smoking gun, I both earnestly and gravely wondered if I could, with any sensible odds, count...]]></description><link>https://www.theuserpool.com/post/the-user-pool-7-the-peter-principle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63dc28edb8c03e37fae74a2a</guid><category><![CDATA[Chapters]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2023 21:26:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fa564_e37ee162010e4912a49cc4611b363172~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_830,h_415,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason X</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[how to Lose Your Job in 10 Days]]></title><description><![CDATA[By now, most of us have heard of people "quiet quitting" when they're fed up with their job. 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Note the "self" in...]]></description><link>https://www.theuserpool.com/post/self-improvement-for-the-casual-improver</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63d1756332d6e9727c210dff</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 19:05:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fa564_7fb13f035ec64e129603418257774d17~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason X</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[the benefits of procrastination]]></title><description><![CDATA[Benjamin Franklin once said: Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Are these words of wisdom? Or just an insult to the...]]></description><link>https://www.theuserpool.com/post/the-benefits-of-procrastination</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63cc5d0345970193c29d41ae</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2023 18:05:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fa564_dbb3d5bab59345aca480c329e4160363~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason X</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Ways to Become a Less Positive Person]]></title><description><![CDATA[You're at a party and you meet up with someone you haven't seen in a while, and you are surprised to find them more confident, more...]]></description><link>https://www.theuserpool.com/post/5-ways-to-become-a-less-positive-person</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63cc5c8c3a9c6d16985500b7</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2023 21:44:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fa564_fa4b4a5e0b934eacb791e20ec604d2fc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason X</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop Writing Down Your Goals]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the words of Pablo Picasso: Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon...]]></description><link>https://www.theuserpool.com/post/stop-writing-down-your-goals</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63cc5abf921c09d8123405ce</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2023 21:42:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fa564_de1a13c4ded94ed0988110ff43d2fd7d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason X</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Yaya]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Yaya was the least credible person in the Company, but pretended to be the most; that’s all you really need, since perception is...]]></description><link>https://www.theuserpool.com/post/john-yaya</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62aa48121c747bfb988e32c2</guid><category><![CDATA[ART]]></category><category><![CDATA[Featured ART]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 21:02:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fa564_b8c71d4e5ecd40babf63ecbc596257fb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason X</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[the user pool - Chapter 6. Weekly Staff]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fessler’s Weekly Staff meeting occurred once a month. There was nothing Fessler hated more than his own weekly staff meeting. Mainly...]]></description><link>https://www.theuserpool.com/post/the-user-pool-chapter-6-weekly-staff</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62aa439976d1ed576021c7ec</guid><category><![CDATA[Chapters]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 20:54:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fa564_31b6dcfb6cb04f95aac888a48dcc8e40~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason X</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The User Pool - 5. Kornfeld]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the day Mulhausen shot the CIO in weekly staff, I ignored Blair until after lunch when she finally decided she didn’t hate me anymore,...]]></description><link>https://www.theuserpool.com/post/kornfeld</link><guid isPermaLink="false">622a8d1c94dc013d2cdc95f8</guid><category><![CDATA[Chapters]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:09:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fa564_f24ebb78d52349f09916e4a08f20c5e5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason X</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[de la puente]]></title><description><![CDATA[De la Puente was responsible for Desktop Support for Licensing and reported to me. 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