<?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 09:16:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@markrhunter/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[No, Wiping Doesn't Stop a Virus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's get to what seems to be the important question, first: No, I don't know why people are hoarding toilet paper. It's not that kind of virus. There's so much misinformation about the coronavirus, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/coronavirus/@markrhunter/no-wiping-doesn-t-stop-a-virus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/coronavirus/@markrhunter/no-wiping-doesn-t-stop-a-virus</guid><category><![CDATA[coronavirus]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[markrhunter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2020 09:01:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWXdER4TLQxTtgiTkWs2TLZ2iHPJqMcWbhf9QRS7ZjPhQAfxB1zRmEoemsocVg4UCGnt4dQegdxmZKoF3QoVVdp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emily's magic: New Book Cover!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Okay, so I already revealed the cover to More Slightly Off the Mark once, but this time we really, really mean it. We thought the original was a little imbalanced, so Emily added a newspaper nameplate,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@markrhunter/emily-s-magic-new-book-cover</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@markrhunter/emily-s-magic-new-book-cover</guid><category><![CDATA[humor]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[markrhunter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 08:37:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm3sWQK3HKkuAMedF1JSX7yKgEqYjnyTKPwrcYSUNnx4wTfH8pRqvL5iUL7GQ7nGV4oZHPAVXkMVtJ2ejftpzXf6FWPT784B3ge9Gd4cdQbwPt9fuQnLMgARG9yUbAai?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Our Sheets and Pottery Anniversary]]></title><description><![CDATA[I can't tell you what I got my wife for our eighth wedding anniversary, because it hasn't arrived yet, and she sometimes reads my blog. And by "it hasn't arrived yet" I mean as I write this our]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/love/@markrhunter/it-s-our-sheets-and-pottery-anniversary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/love/@markrhunter/it-s-our-sheets-and-pottery-anniversary</guid><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[markrhunter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2020 09:06:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovoLuCHYUMFvCUtGHGJMdCNBnzpRip78bFLckZVHMQFmuhRmyaHHJHnRTxZaAuTaex3TzB31BBN4uyxymvZVMfiBp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indiana Beach ... Gone For Good?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's the interesting history of the "Riviera of the Middle West": For several years I got Indiana Beach tickets through my work, and would take my kids, and sometimes their friends, there.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/indianabeach/@markrhunter/indiana-beach-gone-for-good</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/indianabeach/@markrhunter/indiana-beach-gone-for-good</guid><category><![CDATA[indianabeach]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[markrhunter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2020 08:26:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWXvAhy2WJ63MTDv6yP622iCXVXiDUjMdfSXS4JfvCFfnfvX3xKRiocM7rDXrU26dBpxQhPu1KqRPn4tdXsf9cA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because it’s there?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have a Mardi Gras themed book wallpaper! 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Nobody ever claimed I make all the best choices.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@markrhunter/book-review-the-world-war-1-triva-book-by-bill-o-neill</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@markrhunter/book-review-the-world-war-1-triva-book-by-bill-o-neill</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[markrhunter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2020 10:08:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBM2jscGd4Sszpv94XxHH2uqxMY9z21vaqHt4gWK9A7vB9oUpetXuvNuRKb97DdCiJfmtcyqLn1kaksnTXAFBW7tJ77f7FMgiLMbUVj2Dz9onv1fFNivm4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Is For Ick, or: How icky is that title?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been kidding myself with the name of one of my novel manuscripts. It's not that I was in love with the title: I was more in love with the possibilities the title represented. 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