<?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 08:29:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@still.alive/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[I have mixed feelings about Steemit]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've now been on Steemit for about a month, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I want to feel like my time here isn't wasted. I like the idea of Steemit. I really do. I have enjoyed finding an outlet]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@still.alive/i-have-mixed-feelings-about-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@still.alive/i-have-mixed-feelings-about-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[still.alive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 21:57:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCXUWJECrZbvn1NMPj1oFGUo3gYfF3NNPRD9b39HnEnbrJ512Nqv98VcVnLS7qum8J9njxcZp9QPmaajWF6UZ8xJT9zXK6YXTL49JuvgbbAi7C3M8ccrUPUAV1bJLe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Quintessential Markdown Compendium: A Complete Simplified Guide to Markdown]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guide to Markdown, Straight Ahead! Use ctrl+f for Windows or cmd+f for Mac to search the guide I had someone on another post ask me to teach them how I do some of the formatting that I use. This post is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tuturial/@still.alive/the-quintessential-markdown-compendium-a-complete-simplified-guide-to-markdown</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tuturial/@still.alive/the-quintessential-markdown-compendium-a-complete-simplified-guide-to-markdown</guid><category><![CDATA[tuturial]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[still.alive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2018 04:54:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsPJFnZGCDxN7W7dU22pTaVUQbhxdZ9suZgu1WLfwX91ZVvSwMH57a3wiLQr2vYppdZfw8TiXrgdpaJypVCfFVeqzEoX?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pitiful Peter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last time I sat on the shitter, I had a nice titter. Here's a bit of bathroom poetry for you guys... feel free to write this is a bathroom near you! Pitiful Peter His dad was a beater He was beaten so]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nsfw/@still.alive/pitiful-peter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nsfw/@still.alive/pitiful-peter</guid><category><![CDATA[nsfw]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[still.alive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2018 22:26:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCXUWJECrZbvn1NMPj1oFGUo3gYfF3NNPRD9WjfHYEkuqjQzSUYgpvroVpACzjmV2cFoW3q7r3DbS26XyoDe9NUqw8xHtVWbmVH3N1VbweZrRftT49B9qA1H1Y5sNE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shared Bonds of Addiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[I Wrote a Poem for an Addict My brother-in-law has always struggled with addiction. For as long as I have known him, and for most of his life before that, he has been an addict. A couple of years ago,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@still.alive/the-shared-bonds-of-addiction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@still.alive/the-shared-bonds-of-addiction</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[still.alive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2018 03:46:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeJS74uB2VGnbgTannrwXry1TjY8PFjwLWkpm2rT29UTjgygUNLW64wenRMh5BmNWTnACSGYiz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Paradoxical Question]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source Voices of the deepest depths, I hear thy call. Ringing dissonance in my ears... I am deafened by its madness. A connection to the unknown has been made, The sway of its influence has me writhing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@still.alive/the-paradoxical-question</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@still.alive/the-paradoxical-question</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[still.alive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2018 00:20:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCXUWJECrZbvn1NMPj1oFGUo3gYfF3NNPRD9aFL51fLmvexgUWH2yCixByciwcBYfcRAkBygS78r4mVWzRoCsndYEL72K2gaZtNQp8zYaVfmqgs1vy4eb63ySf3uN5?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello there, fellow Steemians!]]></title><description><![CDATA[My name is Colby, and I'm from East Tennessee. I currently live in Chattanooga with my wife and our dog, Bella. I hope to share some of my writing and poetry here, as well as some stories from my life.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@still.alive/hello-there-fellow-steemians</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@still.alive/hello-there-fellow-steemians</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[still.alive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2018 02:31:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvagDiV9GYBnFqaoTMnsMrbMLSXuget7anZS29WFP5fRTNHJ3EkoHvDRQP2FaGV98DsSjVYAgPFqxV6nr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>