<?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, 24 Apr 2026 01:19:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@juanersatzman/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Home: Crew fans say farewell to Historic Crew Stadium]]></title><description><![CDATA[Home: Crew fans and a summer of change Whenever I reach Historic Crew Stadium (Crew Stadium from here on out) on match day, and more exactly, when I’m standing in the parking lots—those barrier wastes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sports/@juanersatzman/home-crew-fans-say-farewell-to-historic-crew-stadium</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sports/@juanersatzman/home-crew-fans-say-farewell-to-historic-crew-stadium</guid><category><![CDATA[sports]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2021 16:33:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy5czPNg6acYev351Du9gQgrBvuGckfmhDnffL17cYr6EVhyNz5VF5B9Vj7pYAsfnw8arbmDWL3cH1BDYr6hEPSJmWhLzA8Napw5oAiR3uCXBPJ8gQTXq564VU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Nothing’s Shadow: the Columbus Crew in 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo:Michael Barera. Edited. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. In Nothing's Shadow: The Columbus Crew in 2020 Note: this post was originally]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/in-nothing-s-shadow-the-columbus-crew-in-2020</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/in-nothing-s-shadow-the-columbus-crew-in-2020</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 00:19:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgtGQKeTeQ5JNjSU3Frvf7Drq4NwrGd7rqTMDQSbHfYagx1vp94xEvmYx9DNsrdmA34giXttGRHYaDaQ9AML2dqwLs1b8bhHNi6mR1ZeE6U7ZhsHmq8Xr2iDj1N2bDR57hCfcrWc2GsBVCYBYjg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom and Loss: Reflecting on the Life of my Grandfather on the Anniversary of His Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[I first wrote this on the occasion of my grandfather's passing, two years ago. I've thought about it a lot since then, and since different people read this blog now than did then, I thought it might be]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/freedom-and-loss-reflecting-on-the-life-of-my-grandfather-on-the-anniversary-of-his-death</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/freedom-and-loss-reflecting-on-the-life-of-my-grandfather-on-the-anniversary-of-his-death</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:58:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8neiPJGcaE7SrhLnmiFqdpygQHkQGr6ZggrzonZhUwm8YXbNK2aVShfrcwLrP6CJQt5yE8ezpguXQFP3RbUCULHuFRBL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life Goes On: Me and the Crew, 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life Goes OnMe and the Crew, 2019 Here’s one way to sum up how the 2019 season felt to me as a fan of the Columbus Crew: life went on. What happened with the me and Crew is what happens with everybody]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/life-goes-on-me-and-the-crew-2019</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/life-goes-on-me-and-the-crew-2019</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:07:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7xyttfUmaJY3XVV4SpgRC9ft1qWajaKqpuDWu2sbhXHaonBTbPjZ5exvu6gR7jWPCpKaFEGCh9FDzdbDTv83JXkam64pSS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Season Kickoff Party 2019: The Beautiful Thing is—]]></title><description><![CDATA[Season Kickoff Party 2019: The Beautiful Thing Is— I was a season-ticket member last year, out of the kind of funereal desperation that makes people quit their jobs to spend time with dying loved ones.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/season-kickoff-party-2019-the-beautiful-thing-is</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/season-kickoff-party-2019-the-beautiful-thing-is</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 03:44:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA["The Best of Us Are Always Not Here Yet": Looking Back, and Looking Forward With Fans of the Columbus Crew]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo of Confluence Village site from Google Earth "The Best of Us are Always Not Here Yet" Looking back, and looking forward with fans of the Columbus Crew A while back, a pretty unprecedented]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/the-best-of-us-are-always-not-here-yet-looking-back-and-looking-forward-with-fans-of-the-columbus-crew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/the-best-of-us-are-always-not-here-yet-looking-back-and-looking-forward-with-fans-of-the-columbus-crew</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:25:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNtze9xHvT6xWCdz7q3QGD35ZKdaPpVrFksWkH3H6VfycgPcskj9p7hjt4y4oN8pExAHynx239kxsPwLxqwLGLr6nTXx1wvuze4xJLgvruoh6XhJoLh1juSfx3FPXiMTNJ9DJPAyGfxLqk2K6CBvtY1nE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can't Help Falling in Love: Thoughts on a Year of Saving the Crew]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can't Help Falling in Love: Thoughts on a Year of Saving the Crew “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread,” — Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism “Wise men say only fools rush in, but I can’t help]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/can-t-help-falling-in-love-thoughts-on-a-year-of-saving-the-crew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/can-t-help-falling-in-love-thoughts-on-a-year-of-saving-the-crew</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:40:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZSUQtscsBsFx5imG6WU3gSfePkK5Gond6i72wZZhCKP3FLqH8hxq155n6oCssr4Ns4oLp9HAbRUzmjJJQqyFswwAGoxTqz6q2PHyjhQkJrDzuHhP48vDkzLnDS1yUo9egNqNk7cDRWEwtMc3AxSkVYha94?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA['Like Church': Crew Fans and a Summer Under Threat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Illustration using photo by Rick Dikeman [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], from Wikimedia Commons 'Like Church': Crew Fans and a Summer Under Threat "Columbus is the greatest team the world has ever seen, Columbus]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/like-church-crew-fans-and-a-summer-under-threat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/like-church-crew-fans-and-a-summer-under-threat</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2018 13:50:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7ycqQ5SNfTShmL7nFBfAjP5yTp2yxyWWpusZepyCDXjrYoPACTyzJ4LzAkUoFxUsHMLy4PWiZtRgjNcSWPkv95nSVNinvS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ongoing Be-Peevement of Juan: World Cup Edition]]></title><description><![CDATA[image source: Pixabay The Ongoing Be-Peevement of Juan: World Cup Edition It’s been awhile since I let fly with some belligerence about what’s making my blood boil at the moment. Since the World Cup is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/the-ongoing-be-peevement-of-juan-world-cup-edition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/the-ongoing-be-peevement-of-juan-world-cup-edition</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 03:14:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRove7DCRJzsLqWJWmQFXY45UhdLM9xxgeFqTCw2SRmJh8368UyUGDtrEFzSf76o7LT9GUsyaTsTv1svoGMEYkdPVMY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Me and the Crew: a #SavetheCrew Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[Me and the Crew This is a story about some of the things my relationship with a professional soccer team has meant to me. Unfortunately, I have to start with the betrayal that’s threatening the relationship.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/me-and-the-crew-a-savethecrew-story</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/me-and-the-crew-a-savethecrew-story</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2018 03:34:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBM2jscGd4Sszpv94XxHH2uqxMY9z21vaqHt4fhhmuKthtaG69Gqg54g9e9uyeUuFFZhkrRrRyBCMhCaegAR4dhY8kJU8oPxUtVTzZS7R5eCUrwqRK8WK8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cryptocurrency Dabbling: Thoughts at the Halfway Point]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi, all, it's been a bit, but I've been pretty busy, and of the energy and time to spare when family and vocation have taken their rightful shares have been swallowed by other, more pressing enterprises.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@juanersatzman/cryptocurrency-dabbling-thoughts-at-the-halfway-point</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@juanersatzman/cryptocurrency-dabbling-thoughts-at-the-halfway-point</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2018 02:12:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHfLouStxoqbec34J9jRbvPyXjqXKm9rjz3frFWSDrXJihqv3s4NBMte7W2peKV9uf64CBG7qaDwie7xwQ1HGVnxyYd2Rc6JgW2J7t5t3Kc2Q1KCisUAw4A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The World is Broken but the Weather is Nice: Some Incomplete Thoughts on Injustice]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are always things to be angry about The world is, according to the most optimistic reviewers, deeply and irretrievably flawed, and even the most pessimistic commentators tend to agree that it's the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/the-world-is-broken-but-the-weather-is-nice-some-incomplete-thoughts-on-injustice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/the-world-is-broken-but-the-weather-is-nice-some-incomplete-thoughts-on-injustice</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2018 02:07:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCt82PN4BUCskLv8QRpDmK6x1L9icQEDGVyY8z7NDEze3bsK9tBpBnkkRL7k6QWfKCC1UHmYf4rjg1rDHehRFzwYfV5MqeBCn6GW9vakeqQJZxQgLV328BY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Willing to Be Wrong: It’s the Right Thing to Do]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a picture of a tree at a rest stop in Indiana. It represents growth, which comes through willingness to be shown you were wrong. When I Was Wrong A couple of days ago, by way of the unexpected]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@juanersatzman/be-willing-to-be-wrong-it-s-the-right-thing-to-do</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@juanersatzman/be-willing-to-be-wrong-it-s-the-right-thing-to-do</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2018 03:09:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCrhoS3ojUPGtwjesc4jsb9mj4vEbRq8GYPZbDXDuhf5YRrtzRdgSzpvnM11YuMGMfnfW9wJkAUnLzqpCYGyzs9SEuvSA82PhcxMHruCDybhkd37uWsyjoL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change Your Life with Steemit...Without Ever Going Viral]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yes, You Can—Eventually—Afford Fancy Ice Cream. All the big cryptocurrencies are getting in on the Ichyrus Act again, and since they’re not close enough to the sun to remember how that story ended, I thought]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@juanersatzman/change-your-life-with-steemit-without-ever-going-viral</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@juanersatzman/change-your-life-with-steemit-without-ever-going-viral</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2018 02:09:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCiLAvpayoC2Dku3v6XeNN5YshW9KTEF6ufW7PzMiAFKFFeD7FoCSxJZT4i3dV1jJyQwzvZED4GMg2icgDrzgoaEJojLUhbFfzTLPS5Qe6i81wCVsh6NwpJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Budget Composing: a quick, dirty Keepforest Evolution: Atlantica demo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like a lot of people, I like making music, and the instant gratification and broader pallet of VSTs and other means of electronic music-making have made it a much easier hobby to pursue. I'm in awe of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dsound/@juanersatzman/20180423t022658053z-budget-composing-a-quick-dirty-keepforest-evolution-atlantica-demo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dsound/@juanersatzman/20180423t022658053z-budget-composing-a-quick-dirty-keepforest-evolution-atlantica-demo</guid><category><![CDATA[dsound]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:26:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM9CKodANgZKzyoDiK7WK488R6YPs8GQ9riPn7kAt5f9XB7JtLA81W32xDCzwV?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions and Answers About 'A Quiet Place' [SPOILERS]]]></title><description><![CDATA[I decided to write about things that are peeving me this week, but to theme it. So I'm writing about complaints I've heard from a variety of sources about A Quiet Place, and what I think the obvious answers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/movies/@juanersatzman/questions-and-answers-about-a-quiet-place-spoilers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/movies/@juanersatzman/questions-and-answers-about-a-quiet-place-spoilers</guid><category><![CDATA[movies]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2018 02:32:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rock to the Eye: What I Learned From a Territorial Dispute Over a Tractor Bridge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since the cryptocurrency markets haven’t got much of interest going on (other than being semi-permanently lodged in the jaws of the bear) I thought I’d favor you with life lessons extracted from my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/rock-to-the-eye-what-i-learned-from-a-territorial-dispute-over-a-tractor-bridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/rock-to-the-eye-what-i-learned-from-a-territorial-dispute-over-a-tractor-bridge</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2018 03:02:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgNADWD53xSqE1pEMMk2KWVXuRyhpJVT9mhs9NSx6ax7Z3z5mbrth6Wt118pqKtq9YXpKDhpGLabkyC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quiet Afternoon (Spitfire Labs)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a little piece I threw together with Spitfire Audio's discounted Labs Closing Down pack, just to put it through its paces and see where it led. 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Some Reflection on Champions League Heartbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[What Makes Sports Worthwhile? I get asked this a good bit, largely because I'm an avid sports fan who hangs out with lots of people who aren't sports fans. More particularly, I'm staring into the dark]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/why-even-watch-sports-at-all-some-reflection-on-champions-league-heartbreak</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@juanersatzman/why-even-watch-sports-at-all-some-reflection-on-champions-league-heartbreak</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[juanersatzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 22:25:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gZvZFSzhC5FNK9uzLccaaxBprRCGA7PiGXyKafSZaxyjY58BpSacjUaYwG9EH7cGehnQXWXQvSM6rA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>