<?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, 30 Apr 2026 02:54:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@wordmaker7/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Insights from TV surfing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Watching Kennedy interviewing Andrew McCarthy on her show tonight, and intrigued by the fact that AM's bookcase behind him is basically a display case to promote about 3 books, all of which are cover-forward]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@wordmaker7/insights-from-tv-surging</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@wordmaker7/insights-from-tv-surging</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2018 00:31:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[#MeToo Avoided or Chance Wasted?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's a potential #MeToo story I may have avoided tonight: Sitting at the bar at the Brewhouse West, Nashville, watching football and preparing to watch a Red Sox game on an adjoining screen, and I see]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metoo/@wordmaker7/metoo-avoided-or-chance-wasted</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metoo/@wordmaker7/metoo-avoided-or-chance-wasted</guid><category><![CDATA[metoo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2018 02:32:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A testing paradigm for the 21st century]]></title><description><![CDATA[Okay, let’s begin with some points of agreement: 1) Common Core has been a disaster; 2) No Child Left Behind is better labeled as “No Child Allowed to Learn”; 3) the mania for testing children repeatedly,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/testing/@wordmaker7/a-testing-paradigm-for-the-21st-century</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/testing/@wordmaker7/a-testing-paradigm-for-the-21st-century</guid><category><![CDATA[testing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2018 20:56:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't hold back on this one; this afternoon, I created a JOKE!]]></title><description><![CDATA[What prize does a rain-cloud get, just for showing up? ... wait for it ... ... almost there ... ... give up? A precipitation trophy!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/puns/@wordmaker7/i-can-t-hold-back-on-this-one-this-afternoon-i-created-a-joke</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/puns/@wordmaker7/i-can-t-hold-back-on-this-one-this-afternoon-i-created-a-joke</guid><category><![CDATA[puns]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2018 00:00:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How soon we forget]]></title><description><![CDATA[We knew this in the friggin' '60s, man! Agent Orange (aka 'dioxin') has just been remarketed as Roundup! No different from vioxx or how many drugs?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dioxin/@wordmaker7/how-soon-we-forget</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dioxin/@wordmaker7/how-soon-we-forget</guid><category><![CDATA[dioxin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2018 00:44:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPEaqXtpFsBe8jUvYk2Ec3wwkYrFW4jujrvuK7EaW32jG4FxrCfJRPmZHXw1y7RuvS7PE3PDGei?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[RE: HGTV bought 'The Brady Bunch' house and plans to restore it]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am Amazed it took HGTV this long to grab this oppty; is there no vision in the place? With all the "reality shows" now, along with the nostalgia for the culture of the '60s, '70s, '80s (anytime]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/brady/@wordmaker7/re-hgtv-bought-the-brady-bunch-house-and-plans-to-restore-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/brady/@wordmaker7/re-hgtv-bought-the-brady-bunch-house-and-plans-to-restore-it</guid><category><![CDATA[brady]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2018 02:49:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I do watch "tv news coverage" (while also watching the Sox on MLB-TV, of course)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurial venture: (Steve Schallu(sp?) on Kennedy) -- Make the Trump star an auction/raffle/contest venue; shovel-ready jobs, destroying it and restoring it ... Meanwhile (other guest, somewhat]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fakenews/@wordmaker7/sometimes-i-do-watch-tv-news-coverage-while-also-watching-the-sox-on-mlb-tv-of-course</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fakenews/@wordmaker7/sometimes-i-do-watch-tv-news-coverage-while-also-watching-the-sox-on-mlb-tv-of-course</guid><category><![CDATA[fakenews]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2018 01:13:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My video finally finalized]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the absolutely final edit of "(Whattaya Gonna Do) When Peace Breaks Out?"]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/peace/@wordmaker7/my-video-finally-finalized</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/peace/@wordmaker7/my-video-finally-finalized</guid><category><![CDATA[peace]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2018 03:21:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eGmm2YkjNtpJF6mE8YxYkmuXApb6YEN3Tfc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harlan Ellison Memories]]></title><description><![CDATA[I once actually had the pleasure of meeting and even talking one-to-one with the recently “crossed-over” Harlan Ellison. It was fall of 1975 (or maybe spring 1976?), and the woman I now refer to as “my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/harlan/@wordmaker7/harlan-ellison-memories</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/harlan/@wordmaker7/harlan-ellison-memories</guid><category><![CDATA[harlan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 17:56:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things that occurred to me the other night]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some up some down ... I love what Ray Barnes did to create a video for my song, "(Whattaya Gonna Do) When Peace Breaks Out?" If hyou have not seen it yet, please take a look. (I have come to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nashville/@wordmaker7/things-that-occurred-to-me-the-other-night</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nashville/@wordmaker7/things-that-occurred-to-me-the-other-night</guid><category><![CDATA[nashville]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2018 21:33:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eGhj4HyRk2FEdMitDDgZ2fbFQVSY15azxCv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How is it the  Volunteer State, when it is clearly run by tyrants?]]></title><description><![CDATA[by Steve Trinward I really did not think it would come to this, but I believe it is time to declare war (in self-defense, of course) on the Tennessee Election Commission thugs … Their latest autocratic]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/libertarian/@wordmaker7/how-is-it-the-volunteer-state-when-it-is-clearly-run-by-tyrants</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/libertarian/@wordmaker7/how-is-it-the-volunteer-state-when-it-is-clearly-run-by-tyrants</guid><category><![CDATA[libertarian]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2018 02:18:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolution in the Volunteer State?]]></title><description><![CDATA[by Steve Trinward It has been said recently, by many people, that we are in the midst of a major paradigm shift. (Scott Adams calls it a Golden Age.) If you live in Nashville, or many parts of Tennessee,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/carol/@wordmaker7/revolution-in-the-volunteer-state</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/carol/@wordmaker7/revolution-in-the-volunteer-state</guid><category><![CDATA[carol]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2018 19:24:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My debut?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well I made it! I show up in the background at the Bingo scene (far right of screen), just before the lady jumps up (beside Maddie and Jonas) screaming "Bingo!" (Nashville, season 6, episode]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/television/@wordmaker7/my-debut</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/television/@wordmaker7/my-debut</guid><category><![CDATA[television]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 23:44:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can Steemit augment indiegogo?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Had a discussion earlier tonight, in which two things came to light: 1) Steemit and similar things are attempting to fill the gap that has always existed in worker collectives: they forget that any enterprise]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crowdfunding/@wordmaker7/how-can-steemit-augment-indiegogo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crowdfunding/@wordmaker7/how-can-steemit-augment-indiegogo</guid><category><![CDATA[crowdfunding]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 05:03:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repost of my John Holt interview]]></title><description><![CDATA[I decided to try this again; I guess it got lost in the holiday shuffle? Hard to believe it disappeared so completely.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/education/@wordmaker7/repost-of-my-john-holt-interview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/education/@wordmaker7/repost-of-my-john-holt-interview</guid><category><![CDATA[education]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 04:56:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[JOHN HOLT: ON TEACHING YOUR OWN  AND OTHER HERESIES]]></title><description><![CDATA[The following article is based on a series of interviews I conducted back in 1981. The assignment was initially commissioned by a major libertarian periodical (which shall go nameless), but when I submitted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/unschooling/@wordmaker7/john-holt-on-teaching-your-own-and-other-heresies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/unschooling/@wordmaker7/john-holt-on-teaching-your-own-and-other-heresies</guid><category><![CDATA[unschooling]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2017 05:12:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Notes on tax reform (part 2 of 2)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The other point I wanted to make is the amendment that did not pass the Senate’s standards, introduced by Sens. Marco Rubio and Mike Lee. They proposed a reform to the Child Credit procedure, aimed at]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tax/@wordmaker7/notes-on-tax-reform-part-2-of-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tax/@wordmaker7/notes-on-tax-reform-part-2-of-2</guid><category><![CDATA[tax]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2017 02:37:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Notes on the impending tax bill (part 1 of 2)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have seen two things of interest in all the current debate over “tax reform”: a commentary at that compares the House and Senate versions (and misses the point on at least half of the differences, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tax/@wordmaker7/notes-on-the-impending-tax-bill-part-1-of-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tax/@wordmaker7/notes-on-the-impending-tax-bill-part-1-of-2</guid><category><![CDATA[tax]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2017 02:24:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump as honeybee?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I got another inspiration from a minister recently; actually, it was a metaphor. In a lesson about “Success Strategies,” Rev. Michael Woody, co-minister (with his wife Dyann) of the Music City Center for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@wordmaker7/trump-as-honeybee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@wordmaker7/trump-as-honeybee</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2017 06:49:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[On feeling the Johnson]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a longtime, fairly hardcore libertarian, this year I have felt like I’m stuck between Scylla and Charybdis. On the one hand, I am supposed to be horrified that once again the Libertarian Party has picked]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/libertarian/@wordmaker7/on-feeling-the-johnson</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/libertarian/@wordmaker7/on-feeling-the-johnson</guid><category><![CDATA[libertarian]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordmaker7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:32:57 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>