<?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>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:00:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@brandt/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Something different]]></title><description><![CDATA[They say variety's the spice of life, so the other day just to shake things up a bit and try to break through those brutalist walls of routine and monotony, I thought it would be a good idea to have a]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brandt/something-different</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brandt/something-different</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brandt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 18:38:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCRXLXWzbcoHni3TmVoAENEbut57xVePdNDGXXaqUXFxfw37ZdrR7TjyiQUwxXQFDPuNnMSvq9HVMFi4PSi2D6rrzRtPwv9H2REgmcwWUBHC7FC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big day on Little Bear Peak]]></title><description><![CDATA[The southern San Luis Valley spreads out below me as I pause at a switchback for a photo op. 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Just tundra and boulders]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brandt/regarding-the-gopro-hero-11-black-mini-ive-just-been-gifted</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brandt/regarding-the-gopro-hero-11-black-mini-ive-just-been-gifted</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brandt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2023 02:21:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VsR6L9cFe7R2SkvXp8nrfrHevK7S7x9YpPSW7a7XuVhFwKrdbekaTg3haxfo72BXHAC5YHvYFnhf2FFiR8MFmyS4U76eZxA3JYAN3fEAYdQ8e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain freeze, brain thaw]]></title><description><![CDATA[Snap out of a sweet dream about setting someone's house on fire. Smash the phone till the Cosmic song stops. Stumble into the kitchen, make coffee, drink coffee, and slowly start to wake up. Double check]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brandt/brain-freeze-brain-thaw</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brandt/brain-freeze-brain-thaw</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-155530]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brandt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 21:26:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VsR6L9cFe7R2T9ZCzqMnJpziuTMeXiRSFFC4dHv6LyvFUzxBWEhAPVcXU2vTUwUyN3noUzdMdyxAqy59qPDudVxdQDAV9Dtrs9LCW55aRhqrn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pictures and words]]></title><description><![CDATA[We started from the Willow Creek trailhead in Crestone, Colorado, and hiked east up into the Sangre de Cristo mountains. 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It's a 2.5ish-mile multipurpose pathway built on the backbone of an old railroad track, and it goes straight from the heart of town down by the old]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brandt/distraction-vs-relapse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brandt/distraction-vs-relapse</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brandt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2023 03:06:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPJEtv9toUHKTBs2x4HkbFDTniyYTXLFhFVpxfhfcN66DtEWE2GQNjcZyaQkQZGQZmrAzwSjfpHechPZU4gWiWusb8v49762frJjWZ4oGpKY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hiding inside a filtered reality]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hmm. It looks like we're in the San Juan Mountains just north of Silverton, Colorado. I don't remember how we got here. What about you, any idea? No? Just blanks, eh? Well, I guess it doesn't really matter.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brandt/hiding-inside-a-filtered-reality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brandt/hiding-inside-a-filtered-reality</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brandt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2023 22:26:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPJEtv9toUHKTDzgxQn2rFtYCW1cY2kuYgVnYbY61RYJdgF9t2i9CQtUxWMEMenqg655BkBS8UfxwxK7nDsyLfmUAfFT2zZLAAh5nwNVHFca?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six years]]></title><description><![CDATA[5:04am. Morning twilight. Looking down the southeastern slopes of Mt. Elbert at a valleywide cloud inversion. 5:05am. Now looking north at Mt. Massive. 5:17am. The colors begin to break. 5:30am. Across]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brandt/six-years</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brandt/six-years</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brandt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2023 00:14:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPJEtv9toUHKTH1bZHFqr2TYy6eieU5T3mD4xwmT6cz783QeWRqx6E3DYGpFoB5oR14gpRTsvtjNkRWUPkLXXVBkeeULqtVw8JHsLEmCeTPC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stupid, dammit, maybe]]></title><description><![CDATA[And so it has come to pass that with great trepidation and very little effort I've gone and made things really weird between us and there's more or less absolutely nothing to be done about it now. I'm]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brandt/stupid-dammit-maybe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brandt/stupid-dammit-maybe</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brandt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:21:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VsR6L9cFe7R2SxSB8fXQGApgF2HB6MXPevhyh5xft1L2yF9icwQKhjV9tGLiVRhvZTHzto6bVd8D64iwTUWWZ2C3RvgeKvRsgzL8uaJFGi9VQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celebration of life for a deer I knew]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was recently drinking a beer and driving south on 69 at about 60 miles an hour, lost as I so often am in bipolar thoughts of how my entire life has always for some reason seemed to be a case of either]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brandt/celebration-of-life-for-a-deer-i-knew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brandt/celebration-of-life-for-a-deer-i-knew</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brandt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 17:11:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VsR6L9cFe7R2T8EZhY1hNCCJ3G6KT4yCwLAkJdnQbjyL5Ys5ggfq4cX6k8J2cRgMZcQ4geJrfejJE9Ac77r5uFHYr6ZVwzRcpgF5do6G8JYFg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red state]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shoot. Something's not quite right. Let's try turning it off and then back on again. … … … … There we go, now we're firing on all cylinders. The guy in my nightmare last night told me it's high time for]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brandt/red-state</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brandt/red-state</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brandt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:34:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPJEtv9toUHKTEVTZp5bHk3BTdAFgXarKytPCiAjSt1GpdZiDt8g469eik3U6AcyEoc8a2fxCy1HviN1wZKGQgtfMNVcs7UUTSSNBPQRbHLA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hungry]]></title><description><![CDATA[All I've had to eat today was seven beers a couple dozen cigarettes and a slice of pepperoni pizza from Domino's so you'll have to at least consider forgiving me for the fact that nothing in today's post]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brandt/hungry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brandt/hungry</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brandt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2022 06:14:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VsR6L9cFe7R2SjsQu5s8AvgPPkKLrd6tf55NA6SfuAmYF6VMEv3njEcQqnrMNdH4F3PAt1SHgdFZ1gNGqXfThrYJySzALLjU8pSHrZ4s5Nx1c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Threadbare fare with a side of violence fries and a shot of Fireball on the house]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome to this free range organic hand tossed disaster of a writing composition I decided to whip up for you from scratch for some dumb reason. If you're hungry for some fresh cooked wild caught]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brandt/threadbare-fare-with-a-side-of-violence-fries-and-a-shot-of-fireball-on-the-house</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brandt/threadbare-fare-with-a-side-of-violence-fries-and-a-shot-of-fireball-on-the-house</guid><category><![CDATA[proofofbrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brandt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2022 04:35:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VsR6L9cFe7R2T9ZCvQFsgCsYBLteo6p93jhZ3KMnUoaK683TMLCXJT45rKjJssNtA6XLugha941wPpPfXSUoovyeF4dX4LQA6axByDnAK4P4i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beer two miles high]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alright now where was I. Oh yeah—standing at the intersection of law and ethics, remembering a little bit too late that I'd told myself many times before to never forget that no such place exists, and]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brandt/ihnrrogl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brandt/ihnrrogl</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-181335]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brandt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2022 05:30:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfKKVdjVgMdYsedHzZeQ5j5QJVHXYHMTKARB1K5EP54MoCrmqqkJJa1bah5EkG27QkVpJee3JRqnsjrE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new take on the old-fashioned]]></title><description><![CDATA[Uhh, hello there. Yeah just go ahead and have a seat I guess. Sure. So now that you're here I got a question for you: What if I told you something you didn't want to know? 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Work. Oh I thought you quit? I did. I've got a different job now. Oh where at? The Tavern on Main. Oh nice! Yeah they needed line cooks and I needed money, so… How's the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brandt/hey-stranger</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brandt/hey-stranger</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brandt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2022 00:38:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VsR6L9cFe7R2SywJLYMYQHbdJjdZww8pkdQMMQA4Ht98QFVUQYi3VzLXhZn7RWtb36eRdvhPWpgpThz6tzPEs4y3YmJyxz1YKhimevgPSo27g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>