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This is meant to be an open dialogue, and not just me spilling my guts out onto some blockchain. 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Part 2.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is the first part:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@tolmachova1981/comics-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@tolmachova1981/comics-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tolmachova1981]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2018 13:50:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZeSZggQfsAAkm4sAzHCP1nbYBPa2wNvgiAB3XpHgcfetbzaTUZFZVsqTbMjGivVQXHTJRdgmFbZG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Minute Freewrite: Nail]]></title><description><![CDATA[@improv told me the #freewrite today was nails, not nail, so this is all a lie. jk. But that really did happen. You can do it right, but probably late if you're following my link, here. Nails. 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I remember being born, very premature]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/memors/@unikey/a-memoir-of-the-end-of-time-prelude-to-memoirs-of-the-end-of-time-c-2017</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/memors/@unikey/a-memoir-of-the-end-of-time-prelude-to-memoirs-of-the-end-of-time-c-2017</guid><category><![CDATA[memors]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[unikey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2017 23:51:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLpunQuGfHnXTmxWbRQScCVGspXNWFwLmCwHyYVVbrB5PQXMfngihk5rNvTTFakmsxdXQP7PCtt9V7vvV8nTzaBjvKSLBUFPA6iuNvh2PxM5JNwkwybQnzNcji9tUEyzu8bxngWc1AuRuFSpRZ9fbA8SoLndfDybdxJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hector and Vincent - A Tale of two Men (Gay Themed) Continued]]></title><description><![CDATA[Winter…somewhat later... The night was cold but still, the air crisp and dry. 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Thomas Howell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/joblo/@joblo/lbj-official-trailer-2017-2017729t01138148z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/joblo/@joblo/lbj-official-trailer-2017-2017729t01138148z</guid><category><![CDATA[joblo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joblo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 22:11:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eHCuURxCYy3YeQgUuNKNqnJRrurMQHhD3gi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Year for Me: Taking a sabbatical from motherhood and normal life.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I spent my ninth wedding anniversary in a lock-down psychiatric ward in the hospital. I wasn’t suicidal or high risk like most of the other people there. 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