<?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>Wed, 13 May 2026 01:05:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@shift17/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[I am itchy]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am itchy. I scratch like a monkey. I locate one itch. I scratch it. It feels good. But then another pops up somewhere else. I get it. Then another elsewhere. Endlessly. The doctors call it eczema. At]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/thewritersblock/@shift17/i-am-itchy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/thewritersblock/@shift17/i-am-itchy</guid><category><![CDATA[thewritersblock]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shift17]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 12:20:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwr63gK3QbtuWnevpMpWZoZFXn1QpHF7AXS2GjvndKx2xe1yUJgyT4m7j8s7ZFVcTMaRHu81dyHANHhtDwNoLRAMGAPk38?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quote of the day]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are all overcommunicated to the point of undercommunication. Rick West.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/quote-oftheday/@shift17/quote-of-the-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/quote-oftheday/@shift17/quote-of-the-day</guid><category><![CDATA[quote-oftheday]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shift17]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 11:21:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello Steemit world]]></title><description><![CDATA[It would seem that proving I'm not a bot by holding a piece of paper up in front of me with my name and date on is the thing to do.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introducemyself/@shift17/hello-steemit-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introducemyself/@shift17/hello-steemit-world</guid><category><![CDATA[introducemyself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shift17]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:14:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVg7WNtkB5w5g2tm4cFjuc4NEAmCR3Pp3Bx3APzY33h22vkpUE6Mb2nNYmuZyRFuY4zZRoxXmHe4KN1t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I picked up the knife. I held it for a second or two, my eyes on the shiny blade. I looked at him, then...]]></title><description><![CDATA[...continued from yesterday. Memory is a strange fish. Like those creatures that live at great depths, who learn to adapt in order to survive such extreme environments. Before writing this piece I’d buried]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/truestory/@shift17/i-picked-up-the-knife-i-held-it-for-a-second-or-two-my-eyes-on-the-shinny-blade-i-looked-at-him-then</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/truestory/@shift17/i-picked-up-the-knife-i-held-it-for-a-second-or-two-my-eyes-on-the-shinny-blade-i-looked-at-him-then</guid><category><![CDATA[truestory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shift17]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 23:14:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2nhMph8Yo3jHyfsfBxm3raDEGrffBkSsHnPoxzrm3SrdaTwcLSMUx1c49ztHmYMmRA1Kt94TEohFF7X9kYAaPW14WZJg6c9z2YjzxNQwti1tA4McVABnAGAAbLX9iEu1YhvqBumQBgxntKAAj1Fu3DVcYp3H1e9TS8qEuKQRXot39CpUZAs3XAPbL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My psycho director tried to murder his sugar daddy.]]></title><description><![CDATA[True story. The names have been hidden to protect my neck. Several years ago I made a feature film. My second. I had written and produced the first so when this director, who lived in the same small town]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/truestory/@shift17/my-psycho-director-tried-to-murder-his-sugar-daddy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/truestory/@shift17/my-psycho-director-tried-to-murder-his-sugar-daddy</guid><category><![CDATA[truestory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shift17]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 23:42:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kws91ecJjkANAzfstp5ietJ4ACvk9NVU7nUtA4gAGgpFQfkjB5DWy6Bmg1BwzpeSemjtbripA2H7JMyFr67dsm9kHHAmJ33gXyxRiBtWATC5JPy2Fvm5rZUoY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Single Parent Dad]]></title><description><![CDATA[As kids, my brother, sister and I were smacked with a hair brush till it broke. 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