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At least, not typical for myself. I started watching his interviews on YouTube and found that he was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/personal/@xanderslee/a-platonic-love-letter-to-neil-gaiman</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/personal/@xanderslee/a-platonic-love-letter-to-neil-gaiman</guid><category><![CDATA[personal]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xanderslee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2018 19:44:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqyMbEWJviCFW5hMyq2UwQwxZaGCaKQU8pA9XJAYaJh47cd3mynFZ31rbaneUhQFk5fEesxFPYy1AF7y1a168PiZxPwSYYnYsEMjMqAdUTiykZveadXtTWbKHT4fruR6AA32LeAnC23zVR?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Milking Thieves! - Part Three - RogueGeeks Mission #1 (SteemWars)]]></title><description><![CDATA[( Image Source Part One Part Two Part Five Stars blinked in the distance as Calsinno cranked his starfighter into neutral. He leaned back in his pilot’s seat and grinned. The Unbug milk was safe, locked]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@xanderslee/milking-thieves-part-three-roguegeeks-mission-1-steemwars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@xanderslee/milking-thieves-part-three-roguegeeks-mission-1-steemwars</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xanderslee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2018 15:33:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stsAqnmyxQN5QPZRZvTFiCDfL7NC8SaXCTGutuM7fUdfZWHeufRZvFhFSgHXWUEXPUdiJk5EWCqXLvidJBMSE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Importance of Reading (and Writing)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source Long ago, I was placed in special education classes. 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I'm going to apologize first and foremost for my absence of late. I did not mean to leave for such a lengthy amount of time but, as it turns out, Write Club can do that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/personal/@xanderslee/cormac-mccarthy-and-other-musings</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/personal/@xanderslee/cormac-mccarthy-and-other-musings</guid><category><![CDATA[personal]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xanderslee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2018 05:27:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/DVAkPJXe6RxY6S7vPdJJoYaEtTp7RjtdeffDS1H8sBQPPFqaF62ihgHuch19qm28eo44mHgfQLYPbt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of Pills and Madness - A Small Shred of Truth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source I was in the school cafeteria when it happened. 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