<?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 00:20:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@tskeene/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Tawheta was a chosen name.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am guessing the E in the last syllable of her name was not I, because her name was Arabic and not Spanish. The Aw sound in the first syllable was more Aw of the black fish caught off the coast of Virginia,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/when/@tskeene/tawheta-was-a-chosen-name</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/when/@tskeene/tawheta-was-a-chosen-name</guid><category><![CDATA[when]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:37:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[God sent Tawheta..]]></title><description><![CDATA[..to give me a ride on Peachtree industrial. She took me to Publix to get quarters for my bus, then she took me to my bus stop..for free. The first thing I saw was the Uber sign in her car. I had no money;]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/there/@tskeene/god-sent-tawheta</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/there/@tskeene/god-sent-tawheta</guid><category><![CDATA[there]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:20:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My eleven-year old bought me..seven more years?]]></title><description><![CDATA[She's in sixth grade. My wife informs me, we're staying in Duluth until she graduates..high school. So guess what? Wife's already in education. I'm getting into education. And we're moving to the nearest]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/wife/@tskeene/my-eleven-year-old-bought-me-seven-more-years</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/wife/@tskeene/my-eleven-year-old-bought-me-seven-more-years</guid><category><![CDATA[wife]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 05:23:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got no best friends, except my wife]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not my ex pastor; I had two ex pastors. One of my ex pastors was a friend. And he was very smart. We both worked with corporate Bitches 13 years; they wanted him. He stayed single; I was married. He married]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/best/@tskeene/i-got-no-best-friends-except-my-wife</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/best/@tskeene/i-got-no-best-friends-except-my-wife</guid><category><![CDATA[best]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 20:53:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes Steem gains are hard-pressed]]></title><description><![CDATA[756 tskeene 58.91 1640 I can't be writing for the reputation alone. Certainly not the money, which moves like reputation, one one hundredth at a time.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@tskeene/sometimes-steem-gains-are-hard-pressed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@tskeene/sometimes-steem-gains-are-hard-pressed</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:15:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is how we continue to change the skylines Jimmy Carter built..]]></title><description><![CDATA[As with many demolitions, the core and elevator shafts require additional demolition measures, and we will proceed with conventional demolition efforts over the course of the week utilizing a crane and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/this/@tskeene/this-is-how-we-continue-to-change-the-skylines-jimmy-carter-built</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/this/@tskeene/this-is-how-we-continue-to-change-the-skylines-jimmy-carter-built</guid><category><![CDATA[this]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:22:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once I pass acidyo I find out if erikah really is Erykah Badu]]></title><description><![CDATA[733 erikah 72.18 1668 22161 15254 34859 88717 0 9236 0 10759 935 1532 265 1173 2540 #734 honoru 71.33 1668 8632 6098 34535 200838 7 12529 1 7320 247 1138 877 1138 1001 #735 travelwithus 72.33 1668 6434]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/find/@tskeene/once-i-pass-acidyo-i-find-out-if-erikah-really-is-erykah-badu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/find/@tskeene/once-i-pass-acidyo-i-find-out-if-erikah-really-is-erykah-badu</guid><category><![CDATA[find]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:02:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bob Henderson ran a speak easy repair shop out of a cinder block building..]]></title><description><![CDATA[..behind someone's house, two exits past Memorial and 285. His grandson knew more about ASG and Norris Jones Junior than I did, as we ate hot dog, pizza and drank Sunkist orange soda. Thirteen years ago,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/read/@tskeene/bob-henderson-ran-a-speak-easy-repair-shop-out-of-a-cinder-block-building</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/read/@tskeene/bob-henderson-ran-a-speak-easy-repair-shop-out-of-a-cinder-block-building</guid><category><![CDATA[read]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:18:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I forgot how rewarding being a sinle car family could be..]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is 4:37AM My inconsiderate neighbors recreate rabbits right above my master bedroom and my daughters conjoined bedroom, and I wish they would interpret praying Mantis.. When I realize, my wife and I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tickled/@tskeene/i-forgot-how-rewarding-being-a-sinle-car-family-could-be</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tickled/@tskeene/i-forgot-how-rewarding-being-a-sinle-car-family-could-be</guid><category><![CDATA[tickled]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 09:50:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brandon Jennings: a short but sweet basketball story]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nineteen years old, straight out of Compton. Mama said, you going Russia boy; make you a man. Got beat up on the basketball court, went to the NBA. Scored more than 50 points in one night. Guess mama was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/never/@tskeene/brandon-jennings-a-short-but-sweet-basketball-story</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/never/@tskeene/brandon-jennings-a-short-but-sweet-basketball-story</guid><category><![CDATA[never]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 06:34:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[@meedo love]]></title><description><![CDATA[@logiczombie and @meedo keep me going in Steem. @laissez-faire and @anomaly are faithful. @garvofe most faithful. Sincerely, Trevor]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/most/@tskeene/7hio2y-meedo-love</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/most/@tskeene/7hio2y-meedo-love</guid><category><![CDATA[most]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2020 21:24:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now that mom's social security matches my base rent exactly..]]></title><description><![CDATA[We reach another vortex in the modern american economy. My 11-year old and I left Dollar Tree passing by apartments which charged $2,500 in the best and worse of times. Why? Shame on them. I never charged]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/unlike/@tskeene/now-that-mom-s-social-security-matches-my-base-rent-exactly</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/unlike/@tskeene/now-that-mom-s-social-security-matches-my-base-rent-exactly</guid><category><![CDATA[unlike]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2020 19:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pulled back on death's head]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wanted to see the whites of its eyes, even though they were menacing. Like a dog, the nearest animal to us. The iris so big, it looked like there was no cornea. But the dog being so close us, allowed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/longing/@tskeene/i-pulled-back-on-death-s-head</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/longing/@tskeene/i-pulled-back-on-death-s-head</guid><category><![CDATA[longing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2020 17:32:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coming up on 751acidyo]]></title><description><![CDATA[751 acidyo 80.12 1646 16328 20737 79781 919832 47 15940 6 122748 75159 28121 1005 1284 14996 #752 ambulorbis 70.21 1645 0 0 3566 34762 0 3718 0 8081 37 214 0 0 17 #753 benwow26 4.49 1645 791 142 1952 11450]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/creeping/@tskeene/coming-up-on-751acidyo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/creeping/@tskeene/coming-up-on-751acidyo</guid><category><![CDATA[creeping]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2020 16:22:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iowa: last white vote]]></title><description><![CDATA[No habeas corpus. No jury of your peers. Trial of the century, you're on trial for murder. Crime was committed in the hood; caught red handed and out walks the deacon section of the evangelical church,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/wait/@tskeene/iowa-last-white-vote</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/wait/@tskeene/iowa-last-white-vote</guid><category><![CDATA[wait]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2020 12:43:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see death everywhere I turn]]></title><description><![CDATA[It has a muscular well-feathered neck, and it moves its head like the pigeon. But its bill is saber-like, killing everything that gets in front of it. I never see its eyes noritsbeak, because it is not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/can/@tskeene/i-see-death-everywhere-i-turn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/can/@tskeene/i-see-death-everywhere-i-turn</guid><category><![CDATA[can]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 08:11:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The young man at the bus stop smelled like ketchup]]></title><description><![CDATA[And I thought, young people really like fast food. But I did not smell burger, the greasy after smell of saturated fats. No french fries, with or without salt; vegetable oil, peanut oil, trans fat. Just]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/even/@tskeene/the-young-man-at-the-bus-stop-smelled-like-ketchup</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/even/@tskeene/the-young-man-at-the-bus-stop-smelled-like-ketchup</guid><category><![CDATA[even]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:24:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black women who make themselves trees]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even the smallest tree causes the greatest damage when it is cut from the roots. Timber! You would not run up to a tree and hug it, because of its bark and the lacerations it would cause to your soft tissues.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/everyone/@tskeene/black-women-who-make-themselves-trees</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/everyone/@tskeene/black-women-who-make-themselves-trees</guid><category><![CDATA[everyone]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 06:22:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Play your hand]]></title><description><![CDATA[I just told my neighbor, I totalled my wife's truck. He has skin cancer. I had a heart attack when I was 43. On a beautiful winter day in Georgia, he cannot come outside and enjoy the sun. I used to be]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/halfway/@tskeene/play-your-hand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/halfway/@tskeene/play-your-hand</guid><category><![CDATA[halfway]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 21:02:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The genius of black people talking back during the movie..]]></title><description><![CDATA[..let's go out to the lobby (music) Cartoon popcorn and drink signaling intermission; classic moviegoer nostalgia. Now there's fake commercials trying to get people to silence their cellphones. What if?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/available/@tskeene/the-genius-of-black-people-talking-back-during-the-movie</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/available/@tskeene/the-genius-of-black-people-talking-back-during-the-movie</guid><category><![CDATA[available]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tskeene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 07:23:18 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>