<?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>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:59:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@zacknorman97/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Ferrari That Defies Superlatives.]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the automotive world, the term 'special ' often exists in the eye of the beholder. Every car has its own personality, and a story behind it, driven across the ether for hundreds, and thousands of miles.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@zacknorman97/a-ferrari-that-defies-superlatives</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@zacknorman97/a-ferrari-that-defies-superlatives</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zacknorman97]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:57:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonXkTjiTwb3XQw4GUbRPk8vXNrXCFeGVebzZZBPTVH5GpCAL68zbRHhFF8pS2chSrEo2QTkmtMnbxsj863qsX2HFMjna6CMr8gAhkMm45nn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop, And Put Your Pencils Down, Now! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I remembered back during my English exams in school, my relative proficiency from watching far too many Anglophone cartoons meant that I almost always finish first, or at least much faster than a lot of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@zacknorman97/stop-and-put-your-pencils-down-now</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@zacknorman97/stop-and-put-your-pencils-down-now</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148441]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zacknorman97]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:44:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVpDFaJstf8k51sWT7BGXqvfX11RjccoBcgKjeVrfsc3JgVNw8Az7nvLMLFME51vAPYhY9YQds1wJJ5JLLyiBh6bjdADu1ANGNwZRwkzhWWmb667XbqXzeHLoTHray3HLAjZg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Create Your Own, One-Of-A-Kind Maserati. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Previously, I had written about Maserati's stunningly jaw-dropping new mid-engine supercar, the MC20. 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Over, and over again.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@zacknorman97/my-renewed-obsession-with-a-redhead</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@zacknorman97/my-renewed-obsession-with-a-redhead</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zacknorman97]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 18:23:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VvqsC8wGVuUswfkWpkusRrdiHT14oHRL34qU7Rs6zbZCa8K8bzM1AWUX5uBTHGhGhUrRMQnGagKJLiCAGWBnXGQa5FzEiSTu7eCBnAam5N6uc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death By Covid - In Memoriam?, Lexus LC-F (2018-2020).]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lexus, as some say, is the Mercedes-Benz of Japan - luxurious, refined, and elegant. 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Nearly.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Addressing the elephant in the room first, I'd hardly call $420,000 a "bargain", given that most mortals could barely save this much in a lifetime's work for their retirement. 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