<?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[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:41:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@brianthesmartass/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Valiant Viking Vexation]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was about to leave when (you won’t believe this) but some Vikings, come back from the dead, showed up at my house to settle an old grudge with one of my ancestors. I of course, knew immediately, I had]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shortstory/@brianthesmartass/valiant-viking-vexation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shortstory/@brianthesmartass/valiant-viking-vexation</guid><category><![CDATA[shortstory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brianthesmartass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 07:01:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clown Car Collusion]]></title><description><![CDATA[There I was, about to get on the on-ramp of the interstate to come see you when an obnoxiously small red car filled with too many clowns to count flew past me leaving a trail of red noses, big floppy red]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shortstory/@brianthesmartass/clown-car-collusion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shortstory/@brianthesmartass/clown-car-collusion</guid><category><![CDATA[shortstory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brianthesmartass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 06:39:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turgent Temporal Turmoil]]></title><description><![CDATA[So…..funny story. A few weeks ago I bought this really old hourglass from a pawnshop run by this really old Asian lady; you know, the one who looks like she is older than time itself with millions of wrinkles]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shortstory/@brianthesmartass/turgent-temporal-turmoil</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shortstory/@brianthesmartass/turgent-temporal-turmoil</guid><category><![CDATA[shortstory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brianthesmartass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 06:33:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spider Suspense]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is said that the itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout but I never understood why he kept going up the drain until today. I was getting ready to come meet you, doing my hair and making sure I would]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shortstory/@brianthesmartass/spider-suspense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shortstory/@brianthesmartass/spider-suspense</guid><category><![CDATA[shortstory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brianthesmartass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 06:27:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rodent Revolutionary Recompense]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was sitting at my house about to get ready to come see you when a mouse came out of a little hole behind my cabinet, climbed up on top of the toilet and began talking to me. He introduced himself as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shortstory/@brianthesmartass/rodent-revolutionary-recompense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shortstory/@brianthesmartass/rodent-revolutionary-recompense</guid><category><![CDATA[shortstory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brianthesmartass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 06:22:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little Leprechaun Lament]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know we had plans for this evening but the weirdest thing happened to me today and I won't be able to to make it. I woke up this morning to what I thought was going to be a normal day. I took a shower,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/excuses/@brianthesmartass/little-leprechaun-lament</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/excuses/@brianthesmartass/little-leprechaun-lament</guid><category><![CDATA[excuses]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brianthesmartass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 06:16:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Embellished Excuses for theIntroverts and Antisocialites Among Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[Killer Kitty Kibble      (Work Excuse)Boss, I can't come to work today. I woke up this morning on time and began to get ready but I slipped in the shower and I didn't think I hit my head that hard but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/workexcuses/@brianthesmartass/embellished-excuses-for-theintroverts-and-antisocialites-among-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/workexcuses/@brianthesmartass/embellished-excuses-for-theintroverts-and-antisocialites-among-us</guid><category><![CDATA[workexcuses]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brianthesmartass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2020 09:03:51 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>