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I've found the Wordpress package a better tool for my work. Thanks for being a regular here.]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:20:00 +0000 http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1020-new-blog-site-for-my-posts/ http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1019-new-blog-coming-soon/ Update: new blog has been started here: www.ianchadwick.com/blog.

I've been tinkering with Wordpress as a new blog platform for the past week, trying out its features and layout options. very nice. Flexible, powerful and a lot more social media strength than my current package. I have watched...]]> Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:03:00 +0000 http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1019-new-blog-coming-soon/ http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1018-idiot-lights-on-the-highway/ Drove to Thornbury and back last night: a beautiful, clear fall night, dry and cool. A lot of traffic was on the road along Highway 26, many of them with their idiot lights* angrily blazing at oncoming traffic.

For those who might not be familiar with the changing nature of North American slang, or perhaps...]]> Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:31:00 +0000 http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1018-idiot-lights-on-the-highway/ http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1017-whats-wrong-with-collingsaga/ Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:44:00 +0000 http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1017-whats-wrong-with-collingsaga/ http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1016-latest-blog-for-huff-post/ www.huffingtonpost.ca/ian-chadwick/municipal-bonusing_b_999666.html
You can link from there to my previous posts as...]]> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:30:00 +0000 http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1016-latest-blog-for-huff-post/ http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1015-human-rights-gone-awry/ Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:52:00 +0000 http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1015-human-rights-gone-awry/ http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1014-back-from-england/
First impression: Britons have manners. Everyone still says please and thanks. Even people leaving the...]]> Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:29:00 +0000 http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1014-back-from-england/ http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1013-jesse-james-myth-making-and-pop-culture/ In the 2007 movie, The Assassination of Jesse James, we get to see a nascent American pop culture in a collision between its pop star (James) and a displaced fan (Ford), in an episode eerily similar to the fatal collision of John Lennon and Mark David Chapman. The difference, aside from the century between events, is that, for a while anyway, Ford... Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:43:00 +0000 http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1013-jesse-james-myth-making-and-pop-culture/ http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1010-election-raises-concerns-for-ontarios-municipalities/
Downloading provincial services onto municipalities was done under Conservative Premier Mike Harris in the late...]]> Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:45:00 +0000 http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1010-election-raises-concerns-for-ontarios-municipalities/ http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1009-rising-municipal-insurance-costs-a-concern/
Since...]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:06:00 +0000 http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/index.php?/blog/1/entry-1009-rising-municipal-insurance-costs-a-concern/