<?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>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:20:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@davidraffin/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Cult of Brother Theodore]]></title><description><![CDATA[I viewed the little-seen 1976 JAWS parody, GUMS. The viewing took place at Seattle’s Grand Illusion, a small all-volunteer-run movie house in the University district. There was a leak in the roof that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@davidraffin/the-cult-of-brother-theodore</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@davidraffin/the-cult-of-brother-theodore</guid><category><![CDATA[humor]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidraffin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2019 22:18:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Football in the Red Light]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here the soccer hooligans are in fine form and truly travel in large packs. They congregate in groups of ten to twelve and boisterously walk the cobbled streets. You can certainly tell they’re not Dutch]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@davidraffin/football-in-the-red-light</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@davidraffin/football-in-the-red-light</guid><category><![CDATA[humor]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidraffin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 22:23:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interlude]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the Rijksmuseum, the state museum, a large and imposing institution, you wander aimless. You look at a painting. The placard says the painting is a satire on the political and social events of the era]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@davidraffin/interlude</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@davidraffin/interlude</guid><category><![CDATA[humor]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidraffin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 21:29:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Classic comedy explained in today’s terms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marx Brothers Four brothers find their identities through wildly exaggerated cultural appropriation. One is an unscrupulous Italian, One is an unruly and frenetic Mute pushing himself in everyone’s personal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@davidraffin/classic-comedy-explained-in-today-s-terms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@davidraffin/classic-comedy-explained-in-today-s-terms</guid><category><![CDATA[humor]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidraffin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2019 17:35:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apropos]]></title><description><![CDATA[I propose. A tax on marriage. And other things I may disparage. I further call for attacks on syntax. A sin tax on grevious body attacks. A body tax on mischievous snacks. Some thumb tacks To impress some]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@davidraffin/apropos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@davidraffin/apropos</guid><category><![CDATA[humor]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidraffin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2019 09:09:12 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>