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	<title>C.C. Chapman - Boston Media Maven, Digital Dad and Photographer</title>
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		<title>Reflections on Austin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SXSW is a yearly event for me. It isn&#8217;t something I randomly think about, but rather actively plan for all year.
It is not about the panels for me, but about the hallway magic where you get to meet and talk with some of the most amazing people in the industry. Friendships are formed and business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/03/19/reflections-on-austin/</link>
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		<title>Interviews &amp; Quotes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back from SXSW and will certainly have many thoughts to share on it, but until I&#8217;ve caught up on everything in the world around me I&#8217;ll just share some of the interviews I&#8217;ve found since returning.
It was fun to get surprise mentions in both The Bangkok Post and Wired. Although the Wired interview made [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/03/18/interviews-quotes/</link>
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		<title>Find Me At SXSW</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I will be at SXSW this year. It is my one can&#8217;t miss event every year at this time. You truly can&#8217;t understand the vibe until you&#8217;ve been there and experienced it for yourself.
I want to meet you. I want to shake your hand, give you a hug and then talk about whatever it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/03/10/find-me-at-sxsw/</link>
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		<title>Little Bits of Broken Buzz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve really been getting a lot out of Google Buzz.
For me it filters out a lot of the noise and allows me to get the content from the people I really want to get it from. I&#8217;ve also had a lot of reward from using it as a publishing platform as well. While there are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/03/09/little-bits-of-broken-buzz/</link>
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		<title>The Closing of the All You Can Eat Buffet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I sat down this morning to record a Managing the Gray with one topic in mind, but for whatever reason I went off in a whole other direction and ended up talking about finding value.
During the show, I discussed how we&#8217;ve all grown use to consuming as much content as we can get online for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/03/04/the-closing-of-the-all-you-can-eat-buffet/</link>
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		<title>The Internet Doesn&#8217;t Matter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every day I run into someone with blinders on. Someone who still wants to believe that the power of the Internet is a passing fad, being social online is something for the kids to play with and that radio and television will always rule.
Of course, you know my opinion of these people is to let [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/03/03/the-internet-doesnt-matter/</link>
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		<title>Who Cares?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am huge fan of trendwatching.com and all the content they put out. It is one of the few can&#8217;t miss publications for me.
Today instead of their usual e-mail they published a series of videos and this one title Who Cares? popped out at me because it is directly in line with what I try [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/03/02/who-cares/</link>
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		<title>Pestering Won&#8217;t Get You Press</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Attention all brand managers, marketing agencies and public relation firms who reach out in any way to online influencers like myself.
I hate to break the news to you, but I&#8217;ve got the power in this relationship and you have NONE.
I can write about anything I want. I can say whatever I want. No one but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/02/27/dont-pester-me/</link>
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		<title>The Quiet Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s world finding true quiet is damn near impossible.
Even as I sit here in my living room with my feet up on the coffee table, laptop typing away it still isn&#8217;t really quiet. I can hear the wind blowing against the chimney and the chatter of the kids out in my office watching TV. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/02/27/the-quiet-time/</link>
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		<title>Self Portrait</title>
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I needed to take a self portrait for a Kickstarter project I backed. I got the idea for a serious shot in black and white and before heading to bead I decided to take the shot.
I had also planned on setting up my lights and doing a full studio session, but just didn&#8217;t have the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/02/25/self-portrait/</link>
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		<title>Rambles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I just published Cast of Dads #10: Kids Online &#38; How To Do It Right.
The conversation got started around what age was the right age for kids to get online. As we talked more and more what cracked me up was that the skills, values and common sense that we all agreed have to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/02/23/rambles/</link>
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		<title>Miss Mendon Diner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if you can call me a &#8220;foodie&#8221; but I am a lover of food. I&#8217;m especially fond of the comfort foods that you can find in diners. The sounds, the smells, the people and of course the food all make me smile. If given a choice where to eat for any meal, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/02/21/miss-mendon-diner/</link>
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		<title>SXSW Advice: 2010 Edition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[South By Southwest is less then a month a way and I&#8217;ve started seeing a lot of questions about advice for the newbie. Just a few years ago I sat in this same office chair and talked about lost I was and how I&#8217;d be interviewing people to gain their advice while in Austin.
So instead [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/02/17/sxsw-advice-2010-edition/</link>
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		<title>Brands I Love: Keen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of years ago I saw an ad in a magazine for Keen Footwear. Before that moment I had never heard of them, but something about the ad and the look of the shoe made me check them out.
Since then you can find me wearing their shoes pretty much all the time. While I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/02/12/brands-i-love-keen/</link>
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		<title>140 Characters Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year I spoke at the 140 Conference in LA. It is very weird to watch American Idol now and know that I was on that same stage just a few months back.
Jeff Pulver continues to grow the series of 140 Characters Conferences around the globe and they are coming back to where they started [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/02/12/140-characters-conference/</link>
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		<title>Simple Truths</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Way too often people over analyze everything and forget the simple truths of life. Yesterday during a business meeting I saw this hanging up in the rest room and had to capture it.

Don&#8217;t ever forget the simple truths in life.
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		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/02/10/simple-truths/</link>
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		<title>Superbowl Commercials</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been asked several times today which Superbowl Ads I liked the most.
All in all I thought they were pretty weak for the most part and once again most of them failed to give any clear call to action to leverage the buzz that will be happening for the next couple of days around the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/02/08/superbowl-commercials/</link>
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		<title>Busy Busy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Been a busy week and right into the weekend with lots of little things to do.
Wanted to point to some new content that has come out across multiple channels.

Cast of Dads 7 &#8211; We Were All Morons  (listen) (subscribe)
Emily Explains It &#8211; On the Jet Adventure (subscribe)
Managing the Gray 91 &#8211; Amazing Things Will Happen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/02/07/busy-busy/</link>
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		<title>Why Have an iPhone App?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night the C.C. Chapman All Access iPhone application went live. It pulls together most of the content I produce on the web including my photos, tweets and multiple podcasts. I wanted this so that it would be easy to find and consume my latest creations from a single location.
But, honestly I was also thinking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/02/05/why-have-an-iphone-app/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Just Jump Into The Sled</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Olympics are right around the corner and while I&#8217;m not sure if anyone has done any studies on this, I have a feeling that as people sit on their couches watching Shaun White and others do amazing things in the snow, they wonder if they too could do those amazing things. I wonder how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/02/03/dont-just-jump-into-the-sled/</link>
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		<title>One Simple Video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I sat down last night to watch the final Tonight Show (I had taped it since I was away when it aired), I certainly never expected it to effect me in the way it did.

Watch this video. Talk about a classy exit. And what he said. It is important. VERY important.
Who needs a lightbulb [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/01/29/one-simple-video/</link>
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		<title>The Chapman&#8217;s Jet Adventure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a feeling that I&#8217;m going to be writing up this trip from multiple angles. I know that I&#8217;ll review it on Digital Dads more formally and I&#8217;ve already been asked to write it up for at least one travel publication so we shall see how many ways I can slice and dice four [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/01/27/the-chapmans-jet-adventure/</link>
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		<title>Quicky Update From the Bahamas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well I&#8217;ve got to say that I wasn&#8217;t ready to enjoy the Bahamas so much. I&#8217;m not much of a beach guy and while I&#8217;ve been to Hawaii a couple of times when thinking about vacations, the tropics are not my first choice. But, after a couple of days here at Atlantis as part of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/01/25/quicky-update-from-the-bahamas/</link>
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		<title>An Atlantis Adventure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post will go live while I&#8217;m on a flight from New York to the Bahamas on a #jetadventure.
I&#8217;m writing this to disclose that for the next four days I&#8217;m going to be on an adventure that is being sponsored by JetBlue, Lego and Atlantis to celebrate the launch of their new Lego Fantasy Camp [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/01/23/an-atlantis-adventure/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Lead With the Ask</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me be very blunt here.
Just because I follow you on Twitter or we are connected on any other social network, does not mean that we are buddies, friends or instantly connected by the mystical powers of the Internet.
What it does mean is that we&#8217;ve begun a relationship and if I&#8217;ve hit accept in some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/01/19/dont-lead-with-the-ask/</link>
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		<title>Get Seen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love having so many friends now with books hitting store shelves and every time it makes me smile. Today, my buddy Steve Garfield&#8217;s book Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business is out and if you have ever thought of making videos to share online this is a book to check out.
I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/01/18/get-seen/</link>
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		<title>Enjoying Life?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night I had an amazing night with Friends. Names you would know and people you&#8217;ve heard of were there, but it was night not for sharing, tweeting or pictures. It was about laughs, friendship and support. It was the best time I&#8217;ve had in a long time and it reminded me yet again how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/01/17/enjoying-life/</link>
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		<title>Take Out The Trash</title>
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Today is trash day in my neighborhood. It got me thinking about how most of us have some sort of routine where we throw out the trash on a regular basis. Some of us have curb side pick up like I do and others have to take it to the dump. But, yet most of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/01/15/take-out-the-trash/</link>
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		<title>Canon S90 First Impressions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just after the new year I bought myself a Canon PowerShot S90IS to be my bring every where camera. I had been thinking about getting a Leica D-Lux 4, but after a quick ask on Twitter everyone was pointing me to the S90.
I have to say that I am loving this camera so far. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/01/15/canon-s90-first-impressions/</link>
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		<title>Simplify &#8211; Focus &#8211; Attack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I over analyze things sometimes (always). It isn&#8217;t like I&#8217;m looking for a deeper meaning or trying to talk myself out of something, but I just like to look at things from all sides. Plus, I have a hard time shutting down my brain so I love giving it stuff to chew on. A friend [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/01/14/simplify-focus-attack/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Proud of You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Facebook makes it easy to &#8220;like&#8221; something. Twitter makes it simple to &#8220;retweet&#8221; something.
I&#8217;m not sure what motivates everyone to do these things, but I do it with content that in some way touches me. Might be a really informative piece of writing or a video that I want others to see. In some cases [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/01/12/im-proud-of-you/</link>
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		<title>Five Years of Hash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Five years ago today was just another day for me. I had no idea that the little mp3 file I had created the night before that featured a few tracks of my friend&#8217;s music would lead me to where I am today.
That file of course was Accident Hash #1 and yesterday I celebrated the five [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/01/11/five-years-of-hash/</link>
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		<title>Calling a Mulligan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past week seemed to suck for a lot of people. Me included.
I loved my time off during the holidays. Campfire shuts down to allow all of us to enjoy the holidays to the fullest. I know others do this as well.
Going back to the office and everything else after a break is never an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/01/09/calling-a-mulligan/</link>
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		<title>I Love Being a Dad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who knows me, knows that I&#8217;ve got a big problem with the way dads are treated by most people. After what has been a very long week of less then positive times I went off on a bit of a rant around the fact that I am not a mom.
Last night at the gym [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/01/08/i-love-being-a-dad-2/</link>
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		<title>Do What You Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What do you love to do?
Take a few minutes and really think about that. Not what you like doing or don&#8217;t mind doing, but what you love to do.
An easy way to think about this is if you had a free afternoon with no worries and could spend it doing anything you wanted what would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/01/06/do-what-you-love/</link>
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		<title>NHL Winter Classic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not the biggest hockey fan in the world, but it is a sport I have always enjoyed. Especially once football is done it is the one sport I can watch on TV and I tend to get more into it then. My brother-in-law Robert is a life long, die hard Boston Bruins fan.
On January [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/01/06/nhl-winter-classic/</link>
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		<title>The Power of Positivity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For centuries people have believed in the power of positive thought. While I also believe in fate throwing the dice around and chance having just as much input in each of our lives, I do believe in the power of positivity.
Earlier today I posted a simple Facebook Status update that read &#8220;Send some positive waves [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2010/01/05/the-power-of-positivity/</link>
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		<title>2009 In Pictures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t go anywhere without a camera these days. Sometimes it is my Canon 50D and sometimes it is just my iPhone. But, the point is that I&#8217;m always capturing moments that grab my eye and I love sharing them with you. My Flickr feed might be filled with photos from the latest event I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2009/12/31/2009-in-pictures/</link>
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		<title>Content Catchup Monster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had one major goal to get done before the end of the year and that was to dig myself out of the weeds of content creation and get it all out there for you to consume.
If you don&#8217;t know, my least favorite part of creating content is the post production piece. This is why [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2009/12/30/content-catchup-monster/</link>
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		<title>Freedom (TM) by Daniel Suarez</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t remember how long ago it was, but I read a blog post from Rick Klau about this new book he read and loved called Daemon from some unknown writer. He was raving about how much he loved the book and how anyone into technology would love it as well. I knew Rick enough [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2009/12/30/freedom-by-daniel-suarez/</link>
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		<title>A Liang Christmas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m writing this from the kitchen table of my in-laws. The kids are in the basement with their cousins goofing off, Laura just went up to bed and the rest of the family is watching The Sound of Music on the television. While the holiday weekend is winding down, it has been a great time.

All [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2009/12/27/a-liang-christmas/</link>
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		<title>Birthday Snow Storm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was supposed to be a total white out this weekend for my birthday, but instead it started just before midnight on Sunday. It still made for a pretty Sunday morning to wake up to, put on my bean boots and head out to take some pictures.




At the end of the day as the sun [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2009/12/21/birthday-snow-storm/</link>
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		<title>Happy Birthday To Me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is my birthday. The only time a birthday really freaked me out was when I was coming up on 30, but even then it wasn&#8217;t that bad when all was said and done.
Social Media makes birthdays extra cool in my mind. The well wishes, ecards, random wall posts and other nice things never happened [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2009/12/19/happy-birthday-to-me/</link>
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		<title>Christmas Cookies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is a yearly tradition that my kids make sugar and gingerbread cookies with my Dad every year. He has always come down to the house in the past, but this year we went up to New Hampshire for the baking craziness. I had a rented Canon 5D with me from Lens Pro To Go [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2009/12/17/christmas-cookies/</link>
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		<title>Holiday Mood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ah, the Holidays. I do love this time of year! While some people get down or just hate it outright, I love it completely.
This morning I finally got a chance to record the 2009 Accident Hash Holiday Special. I&#8217;ve been wanting to get it done ever since the day before Thanksgiving, but it finally became [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2009/12/16/holiday-mood/</link>
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		<title>Just a Bit Off</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, this morning I tweeted something straight from the brain to the world without thinking like I usually do. I&#8217;m on the Acela to NYC and feeling a bit &#8220;off&#8221; so I said that. I wasn&#8217;t ready for the outpouring of hugs, support and cheer up messages I got. Little moments like this always remind [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2009/12/14/just-a-bit-off/</link>
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		<title>Cast of Dads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know that the last thing I need is another media property to add to my list of projects I&#8217;m involved with. But when an opportunity presents itself you have to jump on it and that is exactly what this is.
I&#8217;m very happy to announce my involvement in the new parenting show Cast of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2009/12/07/cast-of-dads/</link>
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		<title>My Movember 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still collecting my thoughts for my overall Movember experience, but until then here is a really quick slideshow I put together of what my month looked like.
Thanks to the ever talented Granian for the music. They are now known as Kill the Alarm, but the music still is awesome!
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		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2009/12/04/my-movember-2009/</link>
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		<title>31 Days</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you didn&#8217;t flip your calendar yet, today is December 1st. Yeah, it sort of snuck up on me as well.
Unlike other months, this is the one where most of us are looking at the end rather than the days ahead and that can be dangerous and a waste. I&#8217;d rather look at it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2009/12/01/31-days/</link>
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		<title>Getting Reflective</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The wind is blowing outside and my mind is wandering around between a variety of different things that I could be doing, will be doing or want to do. Anyone  who knows me at all, knows that my mind doesn&#8217;t sit idle for very long and I&#8217;m usually noodling on something.
Thursday of course was Thanksgiving [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cc-chapman.com/2009/11/28/getting-reflective/</link>
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