<?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, 18 May 2026 23:28:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@clevecross/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[I Want It To Work, But It Doesn't]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have jumped in and out of Steemit for a few years now. Honestly, I loved it when it launched and was sooo excited by what it could be. I don't see it has become anything and I don't get it. I have spent]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@clevecross/i-want-it-to-work-but-it-doesn-t</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@clevecross/i-want-it-to-work-but-it-doesn-t</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 02:06:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[School at 50.... hrmmmmmm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well. Quick little entry as I begin a new.... who knows what it will be. Laid off a couple months ago and while there's work out there, it's all really low paying without a pedigree (diploma). So, have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clevecross/school-at-50-hrmmmmmm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clevecross/school-at-50-hrmmmmmm</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jan 2020 23:16:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Return Of The Text Based RPG?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have big doubts about wether or not it would be doable as a business or in pretty much any way generate a serious (livable) revenue, but the idea of this type of game through text messaging has a lot]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/games/@clevecross/return-of-the-text-based-rpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/games/@clevecross/return-of-the-text-based-rpg</guid><category><![CDATA[games]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2018 09:32:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7NqGr5y7HSV2PCyXgXtTnGXbGivHqLYT7LUNSG5V5hD9gpkS14CVSztaAqiXWpvTZfckcbenE7EuoYvxwviBk8hpF4EJQBmfvC3Ms9dRU5GzRjsQZ3EHVyeEi2ntgfmHtovtAtBNE6wD2bUHxs2gD9cLKD3dUmCkBQYTWdj2fC6znaJbQVwVBkawXKjZAUBo3t4yMfQ5oousoUrsrwfC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tales From The DOC... PREA Edition]]></title><description><![CDATA[For those of you that have followed me at all, you may have picked up that I am not terribly serious (seeming) about much. So feel free to keep reading and don't worry about me taking you down a dark hallway.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/prison/@clevecross/tales-from-the-doc-prea-edition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/prison/@clevecross/tales-from-the-doc-prea-edition</guid><category><![CDATA[prison]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2018 08:55:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonWToSX8tGXNY8jeXKSedJ2aRhGRj6HDecqreYZWvw3bodkezy38mg5WCrXrPVhh3bPxLqXYucnykTpdQdSNZHrGCG7yLkt75L6qH2k9VXU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Do I......]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quick couple questions. Early on I used to be able to select how I wanted my payouts to happen. 50/50, all in SP or decline rewards. Nowadays I no longer have any option except the one it is one currently...]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@clevecross/how-do-i</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@clevecross/how-do-i</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2018 20:00:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Gr7d242AAPKd61CNHuYAx8JNYnyoJSRWWKemzV3uCw415qagZynQb3r9eGd5QqsMyBrBWcbN21A3cr8osBnzGbmU9Di1xB3F1bHrMPZYBndBcAjUQFEyqzufm2xkBh2K1Eo4Dr8VCrgkiotyKXc3uFPMt8cdg3Dqf6z5ZwoohbgGi1U61KU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Games You Never Knew You Were Playing]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I work for a company contracted to the Department of Corrections. Haven't been doing it too long, maybe 4 months now, but it has been... surprising. Anyway, this is my fun story from the other day.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/prison/@clevecross/games-you-never-knew-you-were-playing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/prison/@clevecross/games-you-never-knew-you-were-playing</guid><category><![CDATA[prison]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2018 08:46:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5cZUEw5v3A98nnvi1M1xR1tfLkYArMaM8q2i8dZfGYmdNu2LvHQbeqy5AFHULgV3tLFLcqMW9RRLdi2iuyyjyT6YXUBpJhbxSLAbRNjHQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photoshop Wizard Needed]]></title><description><![CDATA[image1 (2).jpeg Love to see it made as if this was his hair.... for a couple of residents at the work rehab I work at. It will make their day. Wish I had enough following to make it a "get the SBD"]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@clevecross/photoshop-wizard-needed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@clevecross/photoshop-wizard-needed</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2018 19:24:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNuRZwZPGgp9nf8CyVaKv1Ao27de8knqshQKXeZPRcXCiNLyRkBkHxY8Q5xm92avkp5mJEv8bNN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tales From The DOC]]></title><description><![CDATA[Although I mentioned it in several posts now it bears repeating that I have quite recently begun to work in the prison system at a work release facility. Well, needs repeating as some things won't make]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clevecross/tales-from-the-doc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clevecross/tales-from-the-doc</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2018 21:57:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc17cgvVwXW57gBu1Yi2kKFp1c2Tz7NK7bYgERfKB9VqbBLCPzG1ADwnU5EQ25twA6wTw7QNgumzgKHPSpP8UBcxhtuuPFFxv5M91AkhkMUda5KkJG6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Beginner's Guide To Steemit.com (as explained by a crypto-idiot)]]></title><description><![CDATA[While I hope it is a catchy headline, I assure you it is not an exaggerated one. I got excited about it awhile ago, have done some reading and at one point even got a mining rig set up to go after new]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@clevecross/a-beginner-s-guide-to-steemit-com-as-explained-by-a-crypto-idiot</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@clevecross/a-beginner-s-guide-to-steemit-com-as-explained-by-a-crypto-idiot</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2018 21:48:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPTrJBXV5zWc7onTxxGW8Bc6ZtjQv6TqSa2hdaimcakffnreY4qZ7TCeF283BWQV1GBQfFL5Nfttw4eoUj172KrVZsg6MURMVNkDtAP7sRSpi7H3Ps?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Am Amateur Speculates On Steemit]]></title><description><![CDATA[I started out heavily excited about steemit when I joined in June 2016... due to various reasons (all of which are dumb in hindsight) I left and am trying to "come back" a couple years later.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@clevecross/am-amateur-speculates-on-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@clevecross/am-amateur-speculates-on-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 20:30:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDuXRaduVYiCb9hxbZWDcAb1acVYBWTN4XRJPKPcQWUUts7XHRrCZLiFDntjucpLwdXTghBribxRPr8AEejhQ8M6vbXtNQshxtmHp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marathon Runner Finishes Race.... 54 Years Later]]></title><description><![CDATA[Interesting story I read today while down the internet wormhole. Shizo Kanakuri was a Japanese marathon runner and early leader of track & field in Japan and been celebrated as the father of marathon]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clevecross/marathon-runner-finishes-race-54-years-later</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clevecross/marathon-runner-finishes-race-54-years-later</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 18:26:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/B69zEgfimpHMsEQ1tRJiWQcnfUeUdQhyCELbAMjfPQTLvbQfkC2y1nztTWNpuMUJHz4BRxzFh6997TEcWM7T7jgxqDS5C4oA5sYVB1FC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Juice ubox us in to]]></title><description><![CDATA[I just hit post to get some notes ready for when I get home from work..... and this headline was waiting for me. 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I was so distraught]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@clevecross/super-competitive-goat-saves-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@clevecross/super-competitive-goat-saves-the-world</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2018 10:29:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2VZXybLDZueBtjy3rJs1aaSfptvHwpXtGznvbSzNERdaYErom9Dr7jdKCQkFRGnsMFfXSXaWZBkG2US9k6DQXYXscehkU2UnqHMB1rcFe5wvvyskp1Fjo29JiCKtXgh6bDQPUxKA2gkwGv1YjAsJ3p5eFgr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rainy Nights]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's hard to even call it rain. Here in Tacoma, WA often it's a fine drizzle... a very fine mist that comes from all directions. Umbrellas won't help, the odds are good it will come in sideways with the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clevecross/rainy-nights</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clevecross/rainy-nights</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2018 08:06:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4vvCdfUkb2VQc7GQAGFFLRehYkNGmCahx9ZLRM7PkTBaqZYzunaPsxgCDaVfBXEHLmjheS9VGAbsLdmnZr2jFZTALrrmuHHKpwJoQWVbcbhbAm82RMVJ8ZFA8Ay48577yX1GFbVt4bTkL6DDtN1NfRN1WQybbgix5cVk9GsyR6tMmazrpVzhftjKiiLiaEx8W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Message]]></title><description><![CDATA[I found this in an old post of mine. The artwork I did not at all make, but the message was mine. I remember awhile back the steemit message was "Blog. Get paid!". I just was unsure of the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@clevecross/our-message</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@clevecross/our-message</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2018 17:31:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j5SszZk3BktgkpzANW3PLB13ad42Dc3RoQoZ63MuppjnJpkokEsNnAVQbGM9T53gzJMDfYtpLym8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language Vs Communication]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post resulted from one I did a bit ago. It was to our anarchists in the community. In it I went through my own introduction to anarchy, and how I got past initial resistance by hearing it branded]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/language/@clevecross/language-vs-communication</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/language/@clevecross/language-vs-communication</guid><category><![CDATA[language]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2018 17:18:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/PB8ro6BEQg2juD4kios5hnj6VqCxT5yHikuXaaMgvPdtQYMTAS4JbLpiz15uH3rYWTQbtZxdMVYkcGsxi4xb2QCZzzKdTLwzStP1d2CfW2nku65U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Projects In Prison]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been working in the Department of Corrections system for a little over three months now. 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How It Affects... Well.... Me.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is essentially a response to an article I read... because yes, I actually do read some stuff here. I am responding to the following post by @happymoneyman titled Steemit Is Changing - How It Affects]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@clevecross/steemit-is-changing-how-it-affects-well-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@clevecross/steemit-is-changing-how-it-affects-well-me</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2018 16:29:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZtBaYqs4ikxPNCU27JAv6Kdeff47PoWHZgGpGF1ZqQ2492STVFEKydejvPSptVfDQg7VXKga8v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Own Stanford Experiment ~OR~ Give Someone $12/hr And A Little Bit Of Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[In an effort to condense a longer story full of bad choices and where it left me, let me shorten it to say I am currently employed at a Work Training Release Center, the staff working for a company contracted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/prison/@clevecross/my-own-stanford-experiment-or-give-someone-usd12-hr-and-a-little-bit-of-power</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/prison/@clevecross/my-own-stanford-experiment-or-give-someone-usd12-hr-and-a-little-bit-of-power</guid><category><![CDATA[prison]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 09:33:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7DceLftyMsyfymJGiKnbqK9fNQXmyfgq6UNE2rv8iQ62kB8Do6iNXXprQEuuVP54fWuPmVkSLQ5BUH4qFxYHt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anarchists... Why?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was first properly introduced to the concept of anarchy through this site a couple of years ago. I say properly because I had of course heard of it prior, but I was not properly prepared to hear the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@clevecross/anarchists-why</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@clevecross/anarchists-why</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevecross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2018 19:38:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3q52DkcPcpijMTDukTYMJo5d28a2FdCSNqfCLrJhhRkSHTfM2DRJLjwRBFgfdt3siACbJffT4B1uY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>