<?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>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:01:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@steemonkey/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A new life as a van dweller]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello everyone...well we've finally done it. We've sold our house and bought a van to live in. Why...I hear you ask? Well the government didn't help when they made it unaffordable for us to stay in our]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@steemonkey/a-new-life-as-a-van-dweller</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@steemonkey/a-new-life-as-a-van-dweller</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2019 15:35:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rap Unrapped - NWA - Straight Outta Compton (Comedy Open Mic round 45)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello everyone. Have you ever wondered, like me, just what those rappers are talking about? Well I thought I'd have a little dig whilst doing some chores the other day. Now does it make sense? If so can]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/comedyopenmic/@steemonkey/rap-unrapped-nwa-straight-outta-compton-comedy-open-mic-round-45</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/comedyopenmic/@steemonkey/rap-unrapped-nwa-straight-outta-compton-comedy-open-mic-round-45</guid><category><![CDATA[comedyopenmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:04:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eMzrj3oAyXA4HCPbGgvCtgVAE2sJSrPNEVt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rap Unrapped - Eminem - Lose Yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered just what those rappers are talking about? Personally I just can't keep up with the lyrics so I thought it a good idea to look at some lyrics and present them in a spoken fashion]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@steemonkey/rap-unrapped-eminem-lose-yourself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@steemonkey/rap-unrapped-eminem-lose-yourself</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2019 11:40:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e6ExCZuUTMvLwfxUSvLe3g2pnFsh8eJJPpJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Kidlington Mystery - Comedy Open Mic round 43]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was an ordinary Sunday in the village of Kidlington, Oxfordshire. The first rays of the morning sun were reaching through the treetops into the kitchen where Janice Ballthrush was just about to finish]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/comedyopenmic/@steemonkey/the-kidlington-mystery-comedy-open-mic-round-43</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/comedyopenmic/@steemonkey/the-kidlington-mystery-comedy-open-mic-round-43</guid><category><![CDATA[comedyopenmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2019 17:13:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UEAMn3PbTYkJNTfuQQ4CWki2KTf4XvuYnn3XqMcBs42iFYxdbk7ecSCtz8sUuZHJvKoNRtoTSuL2sgaK5wFteXdhv4eaR5?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eye on the sky - 29 Dec 2018]]></title><description><![CDATA[More sunscreening activity taking place over NW England. Best wishes and thanks for caring. STEEMONKEY🐒]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@steemonkey/eye-on-the-sky-29-dec-2018</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@steemonkey/eye-on-the-sky-29-dec-2018</guid><category><![CDATA[informationwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2019 15:17:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2k7TU6R7D8hFGyjkSsQhgsENDTXpozHTSY2kckDaPzf3mFPDMLFJChrHuQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eye on the sky - 24 Dec 2018]]></title><description><![CDATA[It seems Santa will be wearing his breathing mask on his delivery round. No respite on Christmas Eve here in NW England. Early this morning the trails were long and plenty. They have continued throughout]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@steemonkey/eye-on-the-sky-24-dec-2018</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@steemonkey/eye-on-the-sky-24-dec-2018</guid><category><![CDATA[informationwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2018 13:34:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2k7TU6R7D8hFGyjkSsQhgsENDTXpoxzb9EJQTW49AzAqGXUnfcfbnY5crr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Party - Comedy Open Mic round 41]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'd never been to Scholes before. There were three parts of town that my parents told me to stay away from, and of those three, Scholes was probably the worst. It was late 1984 and I was thirteen years]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/comedyopenmic/@steemonkey/the-party-comedy-open-mic-round-41</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/comedyopenmic/@steemonkey/the-party-comedy-open-mic-round-41</guid><category><![CDATA[comedyopenmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2018 12:44:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57sttkzQKFJjxc5tDCdy1GmHiBXMYCaUcr81VqzjXAE2MFMUvHwCgtDYrEsU59FLSc8J9HDyFt8w84rdmPn5Kta?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eye on the sky - 13 Dec 2018]]></title><description><![CDATA[Too much activity to keep up with today. The planes have been leaving trails since first thing this morning and have been non stop since. Here's a few of today's culprits. Frankfurt CET (UTC +01:00) DEPARTURE]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@steemonkey/eye-on-the-sky-13-dec-2018</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@steemonkey/eye-on-the-sky-13-dec-2018</guid><category><![CDATA[informationwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2018 12:42:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2k7TU6R7D8hFGyjkSsQhgsENDTXpox5c1oxuCyvudfVX4n4crNzuFEUKok?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eye on the sky - 11 Dec 2018]]></title><description><![CDATA[After mostly cloud for the past few weeks, gaps of blue appeared this morning. Something told me they wouldn't last long and sure enough, within hours, the sky was criss crossed with more plane trails]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@steemonkey/eye-on-the-sky-11-dec-2018</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@steemonkey/eye-on-the-sky-11-dec-2018</guid><category><![CDATA[informationwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:28:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2k7TU6R7D8hFGyjkSsQhgsENDTXpozqWsKyQoL68XZPvayrTBppPVU8dca?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Technology Can De-Skill Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's a road junction just around the corner from my house, which seems to have more than its fair share of accidents and incidents. Indeed, at this very junction last year, I saved the life of a tiny]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@steemonkey/how-technology-can-de-skill-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@steemonkey/how-technology-can-de-skill-us</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2018 13:02:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsKQG7nhCXMsgXxUQHwtJm4rGgDFSP27G8NseJCVJJWUCjbR2bLsEshpQzKje5FiyN3aqvT65RcR9g3Re5ifW6uLRe14?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Battle of Wigan Lane - 25th August 1651]]></title><description><![CDATA[History is all around us. Look what I found just around the corner. 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I'd just left school and to earn a little money while I attended college I accepted a job washing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/comedyopenmic/@steemonkey/dirty-diane-comedy-open-mic-round-39</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/comedyopenmic/@steemonkey/dirty-diane-comedy-open-mic-round-39</guid><category><![CDATA[comedyopenmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2018 12:37:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3auKdN6FdQE2nCfjqy2PkLByq7azyRNw2gbYyriM3hM5WXFJhTNjFeuQEh3taJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Meditate]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all know meditation is good for us yet surprisingly few people indulge in the activity. It can be challenging at first but it really doesn't have to be. Some insist on adopting a certain posture that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@steemonkey/how-to-meditate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@steemonkey/how-to-meditate</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2018 15:53:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/axopD2eJJx4aMKHxW1KJ4tswQF3iM4sN1onr4aJ42mM1FDCCU6HsK68WLLiA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Slag Heap Trials - Comedy Open Mic round 38]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was the summer of 1985 and I was 13 years old. There were six of us, all the same age and all friends from school. The slag heaps are massive. Huge man made mounds of 'slag' or waste from the old coal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/comedyopenmic/@steemonkey/the-slag-heap-trials-comedy-open-mic-round-38</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/comedyopenmic/@steemonkey/the-slag-heap-trials-comedy-open-mic-round-38</guid><category><![CDATA[comedyopenmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 12:42:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/hgjbkodzNPcRWemm1pjLaivNQbWcdhWjbSqpXkGNGcRsC86ZLKA6jCp6yeywm4D6xedews1tRQkhxoQZN8mcKAcY5U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eye on the sky - 14 Nov 2018]]></title><description><![CDATA[The skies have been clouded over for the past few weeks over this part of NW England but finally the blue broke through ths morning. This lasted until lunchtime when the sky once again began to cloud over]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@steemonkey/eye-on-the-sky-14-nov-2018</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@steemonkey/eye-on-the-sky-14-nov-2018</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 16:18:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2k7TU6R7D8hFGyjkSsQhgsENDTXpoyyZz4x9ctdy9H657wfAxDJw4341z6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding Spirituality]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hated religion for most of my life. The Catholic schools I attended didn't help matters with their aggressive, prescriptive methods of indoctrination. My parents and five older siblings never spoke of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@steemonkey/finding-spirituality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@steemonkey/finding-spirituality</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2018 21:43:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stsAqnmyxQN5QPZRZvTFiCDfL7NC8SaXCTGus9AzDyeUQkNp3Qa2MLviWzAcbkekZyQUHd4L9XKL7TV6Xwtu4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit Openmic Week 110 - Lady Gaga's Dong Song (Original)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello fellow Steemians. This morning I saw a story that inspired me to write a little song. This is my openmic debut. It's probably not one for the easily offended so if you feel you may melt just move]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@steemonkey/steemit-openmic-week-110-lady-gaga-s-dong-song-original</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@steemonkey/steemit-openmic-week-110-lady-gaga-s-dong-song-original</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2018 15:56:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45ePAsCAz6hp4kVkAiGsfQa7um4jpb9nRv1iv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sainsbury's launches range of sex toys starting from £8]]></title><description><![CDATA[My wife tells me I'm a bit of a prude sometimes so I awaited her reaction to this news article with some anticipation. She wasn't exactly surprised, but this did make her feel uncomfortable. We both remember]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@steemonkey/sainsbury-s-launches-range-of-sex-toys-starting-from-gbp8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@steemonkey/sainsbury-s-launches-range-of-sex-toys-starting-from-gbp8</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:43:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/axopD2eJJx4aMKHxW1KJ4tswQF3iLhPZ4csVBEESToUsiWhLE1LUuZvoYWoG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Decline of the UK Town Centre]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello friends. Earlier today I took a stroll around my local town centre armed with my camera. I remember walking around this town centre as a small boy in the 1970's. Back then I would see something of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@steemonkey/the-decline-of-the-uk-town-centre</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@steemonkey/the-decline-of-the-uk-town-centre</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:24:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2k7TU6R7D8hFGyjkSsQhgsENDTXpoxFMetJsq8Lqg7s8h6dfpjeeTqKzGn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Tour of Haigh Country Park]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello friends. This morning Kelly and I took Syd for a nice walk through Haigh Country Park. We're lucky to live within walking distance of this wonderful place. I've been visiting this place for over]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/walkwithme/@steemonkey/a-tour-of-haigh-country-park</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/walkwithme/@steemonkey/a-tour-of-haigh-country-park</guid><category><![CDATA[walkwithme]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:10:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2k7TU6R7D8hFGyjkSsQhgsENDTXpozDStdqYn7meU4T7Y8LUsJtTmhDqpa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>