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	<title>Chimpie.com</title>
	
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	<description>Blogging about forums, social networking and my experiences as part of the American Red Cross.</description>
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		<title>Chimpie, where are you?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chimpie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, yes, I gave up blogging.  I do feel, however, that I need to either blog or change the format of the site.
Lately I have been spending more of my time volunteering than I have in recent years.  This has brought me much happiness and I have met a lot of great people.
So what should I do?  Attempt blogging yet again or change the format of the site?  And if I change the format of the site, what do I change it to?
Decisions, decisions.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, yes, I gave up blogging.  I do feel, however, that I need to either blog or change the format of the site.</p>
<p>Lately I have been spending more of my time volunteering than I have in recent years.  This has brought me much happiness and I have met a lot of great people.</p>
<p>So what should I do?  Attempt blogging yet again or change the format of the site?  And if I change the format of the site, what do I change it to?</p>
<p>Decisions, decisions.</p>
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		<title>Who wants Starbucks?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chimpie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning in February I&#8217;ll be starting a side project.  It&#8217;ll be something that I&#8217;ll be doing just for fun and will provide more information later.  Right now I need to increase my fan base and there&#8217;s no easier way to do that than to give away free stuff, right?
I&#8217;m giving away Starbucks gift cards to random followers on DailyBooth, Facebook &#38; Twitter.  All you have to do is follow me on those sites and you&#8217;re entered to win.  On Monday January 24, 2011 I&#8217;ll select two people from each network and mail them a gift card.
Be sure to follow me on each network to increase your chances to win!!
dailybooth.com/chimpie
facebook.com/chimpie
twitter.com/chimpie76
Good luck!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beginning in February I&#8217;ll be starting a side project.  It&#8217;ll be something that I&#8217;ll be doing just for fun and will provide more information later.  Right now I need to increase my fan base and there&#8217;s no easier way to do that than to give away free stuff, right?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m giving away Starbucks gift cards to random followers on DailyBooth, Facebook &amp; Twitter.  All you have to do is follow me on those sites and you&#8217;re entered to win.  On Monday January 24, 2011 I&#8217;ll select two people from each network and mail them a gift card.</p>
<p>Be sure to follow me on each network to increase your chances to win!!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailybooth.com/chimpie" target="_blank">dailybooth.com/chimpie</a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/chimpie" target="_blank">facebook.com/chimpie</a><br />
<a href="http://www.twitter.com/chimpie76" target="_blank">twitter.com/chimpie76</a></p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
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		<title>Quick Upate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chimpie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to send a quick update to everyone who follows my blog.
I have new ideas on what to do with my site.  It will be changing in the very near future.  Be sure to follow my Facebook and Twitter pages so you&#8217;ll be in the know.
http://www.facebook.com/chimpie
http://www.twitter.com/chimpie76
Later!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just wanted to send a quick update to everyone who follows my blog.</p>
<p>I have new ideas on what to do with my site.  It will be changing in the very near future.  Be sure to follow my Facebook and Twitter pages so you&#8217;ll be in the know.</p>
<p>http://www.facebook.com/chimpie</p>
<p>http://www.twitter.com/chimpie76</p>
<p>Later!</p>
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		<title>Ask Chimpie</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chimpie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I may have stopped blogging, but that doesn&#8217;t mean that I&#8217;ve stopped being creative.  I&#8217;m working on a project that I hope will launch next year.  In the meantime, PeggyGurney used the Ask Chimpie feature to ask:
Hey Chimpie, what is your new forum going to be about (the topic)?
Oh, how I wish I could let this little secret out of the bag, but I can&#8217;t.  And it&#8217;s not really a forum, but it might include one. If this is successful it&#8217;s going to be big.  So for right now I have to keep it under wraps.
Thanks for your question Peggy.
Okay, this was fun.  If you want to ask me a question click here &#8211; Ask Chimpie.
Also be sure to follow me on Facebook and Twitter:
www.facebook.com/chimpie
www.twitter.com/chimpie76
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I may have stopped blogging, but that doesn&#8217;t mean that I&#8217;ve stopped being creative.  I&#8217;m working on a project that I hope will launch next year.  In the meantime, <a href="http://twitter.com/PeggyGurney" target="_blank">PeggyGurney</a> used the Ask Chimpie feature to ask:</p>
<blockquote><p>Hey Chimpie, what is your new forum going to be about (the topic)?</p></blockquote>
<p>Oh, how I wish I could let this little secret out of the bag, but I can&#8217;t.  And it&#8217;s not really a forum, but it might include one. If this is successful it&#8217;s going to be big.  So for right now I have to keep it under wraps.</p>
<p>Thanks for your question Peggy.</p>
<p>Okay, this was fun.  If you want to ask me a question click here &#8211; <a href="http://www.chimpie.com/ask-chimpie" target="_self">Ask Chimpie</a>.</p>
<p>Also be sure to follow me on Facebook and Twitter:<br />
www.facebook.com/chimpie<br />
www.twitter.com/chimpie76</p>
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		<title>Blogging will be coming to an end</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chimpie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chimpie.com/?p=326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After several failed attempts to get into blogging, I&#8217;ve decided that it&#8217;s just not for me and I will be giving up the blog format for the site come the new year.
I&#8217;m not a blogger.  I feel like I&#8217;m standing at a podium, forcing my words upon you.  That&#8217;s not me.  Oh, don&#8217;t get me wrong.  I like talking.  Ask my friends.  They can&#8217;t shut me up.  But I&#8217;d rather engage in discussions, debates, chats.  I enjoy networking and blogs, to me, are not good for that.
I&#8217;d rather spend my time on discussion forums.  Online communities.  Someplace where I can be more interactive with my fellow members.
I do want to thank everyone for taking the time to help me tweak all my WordPress settings.  Blogging and WordPress are powerful tools and anyone interested in blogging should give it (WordPress) a try.  You won&#8217;t be disappointed.
So where will I focus my ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After several failed attempts to get into blogging, I&#8217;ve decided that it&#8217;s just not for me and I will be giving up the blog format for the site come the new year.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not a blogger.  I feel like I&#8217;m standing at a podium, forcing my words upon you.  That&#8217;s not me.  Oh, don&#8217;t get me wrong.  I like talking.  Ask my friends.  They can&#8217;t shut me up.  But I&#8217;d rather engage in discussions, debates, chats.  I enjoy networking and blogs, to me, are not good for that.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d rather spend my time on discussion forums.  Online communities.  Someplace where I can be more interactive with my fellow members.</p>
<p>I do want to thank everyone for taking the time to help me tweak all my WordPress settings.  Blogging and WordPress are powerful tools and anyone interested in blogging should give it (WordPress) a try.  You won&#8217;t be disappointed.</p>
<p>So where will I focus my attention?  xenForo!  The more I play around with the software the more I&#8217;m intrigued.  Now that I&#8217;m giving up my (personal) frustration of blogging I can spend more time developing my new platform.</p>
<p>Please be sure to follow me on Facebook and Twitter.  I will update them both when I have exciting news to share as well as post my progress with my xenForo software and chimpie.com!</p>
<p><em>Chimpie</em></p>
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