<?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>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:14:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@snake73/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The new bookburning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is the current list of companies who are censoring medical information that doesn't align with the pharmaceutical industry profits and agenda. Amazon (removing movies and documentaries) Etsy (will]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/medicine/@snake73/the-new-bookburning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/medicine/@snake73/the-new-bookburning</guid><category><![CDATA[medicine]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2019 21:56:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snakes in the dead of winter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happens every year. The biggest event in the world of a cub scout, is arguably the annual Blue&Gold Banquet. And to a cub scout, I'm a rock star. But the timing makes transporting a van full of snakes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/snakes/@snake73/snakes-in-the-dead-of-winter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/snakes/@snake73/snakes-in-the-dead-of-winter</guid><category><![CDATA[snakes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2019 20:08:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvQnUTJwEkxY7sWaegqrx9hYoV4keamCGYjeWvLVS2etDLFxurFLR733oxtunzChFyXLJTTQbKiKnAcpW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Word of the Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Been a lot of days, since I posted my last Word of the Day, but I'm a big fan of the one M-W shared with me today. muliebrity noun | myoo-lee-EB-ruh-tee Definition: the quality of being a woman: femininity]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/word/@snake73/6mpuh1-word-of-the-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/word/@snake73/6mpuh1-word-of-the-day</guid><category><![CDATA[word]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 18:48:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Noah and the Snakes]]></title><description><![CDATA[And Noah commanded unto all of the creatures of the ark, "Be fruitful, and multiply." And lo, two serpents replied, "Behold, we are Adders, and cannot multiply." Whereupon Noah commanded]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/snake/@snake73/noah-and-the-snakes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/snake/@snake73/noah-and-the-snakes</guid><category><![CDATA[snake]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 14:38:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZtngaJnUL58BSvBjn5X9Tyjd5GcpabDmTJNJ6hnW4Jw196pmJgJN2cxPVTt8gKTBnVzspFEF1g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snake Party? Aspolutely! Check out these cakes!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love making birthday parties unforgettable. They've been a part of my world for 25 years. I even love hecklers. Bring it, kid. I'm the snakeman. This great work of art stems from something I've said]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/snake/@snake73/snake-party-aspolutely-check-out-these-cakes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/snake/@snake73/snake-party-aspolutely-check-out-these-cakes</guid><category><![CDATA[snake]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:23:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVg6s2hoTtmA7TH5a3j4HCxYFKpEKgFeBL2XLbvEAjysQuocfKeRC2C3N5is7nEQQMASwxXt5HhTgXx2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My first interview as a Steemian, by some outrageously cool people.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The aforementioned cool people include the host, @Ma1neEvent, to whom goes the credit for this audio link. The Ma1nEvent Interview Show, on MSPWaves.com! His co-host, Snekky(@PoeticSnake) is the delightful]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@snake73/my-first-interview-as-a-steemian-by-some-outrageously-cool-people</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@snake73/my-first-interview-as-a-steemian-by-some-outrageously-cool-people</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:59:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eFCDbnKQzCgad9GLs7YSjuPT4WmppZKtMYz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Dolphin Adopted Me!]]></title><description><![CDATA[My old friend Quinn Eaker got me started on this platform, but my new friend Snekky(Poeticsnake) has taken me under her flipper. I'm learning. Mostly about how much I have to learn. Just getting connected]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/adoptaminnow/@snake73/a-dolphin-adopted-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/adoptaminnow/@snake73/a-dolphin-adopted-me</guid><category><![CDATA[adoptaminnow]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:24:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moving a friend]]></title><description><![CDATA[So this friend, is a story all her own. Known to many who have seen my comedy magic snake show as my Lovely Assistant (ask any magician the indispensable value of one of those) and we go back pretty far.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/house/@snake73/moving-a-friend</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/house/@snake73/moving-a-friend</guid><category><![CDATA[house]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 10:48:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGe7jLaGJsAwZiZqhywcEwdjg61B2TUZ24xBGs2uKix3C9JggnQQP1Uvakr7kjsDXXjjFs97bZ5sSn7fMXU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#adoptaminnow Adopt Me please, Poeticsnake]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yep, I'm a total minnow. Learning, but at times it seems like a new language. But we share a passion. I like snakes. I have 35 years under my belt as a professional field herpetologist, finding and responsibly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/adoptaminnow/@snake73/adoptaminnow-adopt-me-please-poeticsnake</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/adoptaminnow/@snake73/adoptaminnow-adopt-me-please-poeticsnake</guid><category><![CDATA[adoptaminnow]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 14:13:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinqC9zpgBNNRBAmFa9HFgqqxAkWZtdZtCxqHcx8xmoabr9Dr4iw5aX4Py7zCTvBy7rGAw9a1zsUP7Mg4DGJb6e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Word of the Day: Expatiate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Word of the Day expatiate \ek-SPAY-shee-ayt\ Definition verb 1 : to move about freely or at will : wander 2 : to speak or write at length or in detail Examples "By the time the Song Festival rep finished]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/word/@snake73/word-of-the-day-expatiate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/word/@snake73/word-of-the-day-expatiate</guid><category><![CDATA[word]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone's sick lately]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year's bug seems so virulent it's hard not to speculate that it was engineered that way. This is what I share on PM with friends who post about feeling awful. Daryl’s list of favorite natural “magic]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sick/@snake73/everyone-s-sick-lately</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sick/@snake73/everyone-s-sick-lately</guid><category><![CDATA[sick]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:22:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChUMdSq5PnYH3wR4Sc9dg6JJUW7yFkQaqB2YEHaQdnq1Bjp4aZ75EMf6R7F19mWfG2HRm7UicNYNJSA4W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Word of the (MLK) Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Word of the Day limn \LIM\ <pronounced like the other kind, that one might go out on> Definition verb 1 : to draw or paint on a surface 2 : to outline in clear sharp detail : delineate 3 : describe]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/word/@snake73/word-of-the-mlk-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/word/@snake73/word-of-the-mlk-day</guid><category><![CDATA[word]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 13:52:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Word of the Day, and why I post one, though not every day.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I used to do this on facebook. I just find Merriam-Webster's one for the day in question, copy and paste, and edit out all the links and ads. I don't share one unless it has meaning for me. It helps if]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/word/@snake73/word-of-the-day-and-why-i-post-one-though-not-every-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/word/@snake73/word-of-the-day-and-why-i-post-one-though-not-every-day</guid><category><![CDATA[word]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:16:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snake Problems?]]></title><description><![CDATA[With notable exceptions, if you have a snake problem, you are probably most of it. Please allow me to explain. You aren't born with the fear of snakes, you are taught, usually in your childhood, because]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/snake/@snake73/snake-problems</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/snake/@snake73/snake-problems</guid><category><![CDATA[snake]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2018 21:59:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmF5VZucjWuzmpXUomGMznGBossB7LD38cfhCJcCM6RpbW3S6kPJjADidovmWKNSNMpon2YoGuaoEGqS3hGhC951KczVKSbUvxxWsJ9jJG8oWf6J6dF4CdG6ap5xBq7iQMXs7DGQkN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Word of the Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[(thanks to Merriam-Webster) gainsay verb gayn-SAY Definition 1 : to declare to be untrue or invalid 2 : contradict, oppose Did You Know? You might have trouble figuring out gainsay if you're thinking of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/word/@snake73/word-of-the-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/word/@snake73/word-of-the-day</guid><category><![CDATA[word]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2018 15:41:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinpuunfCfEyGY5WZFmGNCmmQu9p2LDnt5LR8Djtpa4pVA59fJrQQnuPKwfCDVgV71dKbhTDQVTTxnbrjpFCAAa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overdue visit to The Garden of Eden]]></title><description><![CDATA[My friends Quinn, Inok, and Shellie are making something a reality that I had only heard about but never seen in action. Sustainable living, and in this case, in a teeming metroplex. They say you can't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/eden/@snake73/overdue-visit-to-the-garden-of-eden</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/eden/@snake73/overdue-visit-to-the-garden-of-eden</guid><category><![CDATA[eden]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 16:34:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eKxdkgDz9dy6PjqHaMn3y4MakmU7yhdtvWi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[From paralyzed to laughing in 20 minutes.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently, before all this cold set in, I took a woman in Montgomery AL from a full-blown panic attack (she hadn't been out her door, even for work, in three days because of a snake in her yard) to laughter]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/snake/@snake73/from-paralyzed-to-laughing-in-20-minutes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/snake/@snake73/from-paralyzed-to-laughing-in-20-minutes</guid><category><![CDATA[snake]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2018 07:12:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrFuSuyVvXJVxMxEG9rrVGbca3oxosurrf5QVywiLZtX4QHU2aPLnbuZkvsFENvYKKhUp7J2rDP1xspwd6fnuTCPQs8jg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's Your Phobia?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most people who know me associate my work with ophidiophobia. Know that one? The fear, of snakes. ( Ophidia is quite a story herself, but it's true. I have a better track record than any shrink - getting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/snake/@snake73/what-s-your-phobia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/snake/@snake73/what-s-your-phobia</guid><category><![CDATA[snake]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2017 17:44:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8negTNohScPahgA1rMou84nVGfKoY6oYV5nEyQpXztzQVPniEFi6yVNbiaL43pWGctpQR9rX1nu8td3aK69nL4zMCQ6r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Self-Introduction]]></title><description><![CDATA[My name is Daryl Sprout and I am, more or less foremost, a herpetologist. I specialize in snakes, and I do two things related to them. One, I do snake removal field work in Texas, and snake problem]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@snake73/my-self-introduction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@snake73/my-self-introduction</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 22:11:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/yX2kCPo1MLz1mgjSkUraTuUaxUUjJbCb3xQYW8CG6XLjbMNjwSvyZh5u4Hp1jm56GkR7bP4CMS6HDGAAMSC1CHBAf6PtJnwet257Aiqgn4iyMxoQy8qNzXUcmozrxjALnoKTqnxVMoY7ELDhgwc2NK4jz3mWXqUrp1HWwWtdKHUUiK3ijssKR8VtoBto47o2p9ZAh7Zd8HUiDY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snake Encounters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ophidiophobia, the fear of snakes, is still a pretty widespread issue with lots of people in this country. Often debilitatingly - leading to collisions with stationary objects. The first snake I ever met,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/snakes/@snake73/snake-encounters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/snakes/@snake73/snake-encounters</guid><category><![CDATA[snakes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snake73]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 15:53:18 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>