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Thursday, October 9, 2008

[Members - click here] When I used to run Bear-Pics.com (from '00 to '06), I had a section for Amateur photos. What this section consisted of was a slew of pics sent in by a bunch of cute Bearish guys. Over those years, this section grew as more and more good looking men sent in their homebrewed pics. However, once I closed the doors to Bear-Pics, all those photos were taken down.

What I decided to do today on PlanetBears was put these photos back up, and so far I added 498 pics from 24 husky hot guys. There's still more photos that I need to add which I will do very soon. I am also trying to figure out the best way on how I want to layout these galleries, however for now I just bunched them up and placed them into 2 areas.

Now on the flipside of things, I want to breathe life back into this Amateur section - so if you have pics of yourself you'd like to share, then email them in or use the contact form. If they get used, in exchange I will give you a year's membership to PlanetBears. Send in more pics later on and you'll get another year free, it's as simple as that.

Click here to see some previews.

Read more here.

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Sunday, October 5, 2008
[Members - click here , here, here and here ~~~ preview #1, preview #2, preview #3, preview #4] A few months back, I was working on the BearFoot site, and I realized, after putting a few months of work into it, that I was spreading myself too thinly; I just didn't have the necessary time to efficiently work on yet another website.

My goal with that site was to add Roger's (galleries - videos - profile) photos and videos there, and I did manage to place a bunch of photos, a lot of them not seen anywhere else. Now, since I was putting my time and energy into BearFoot and not into the PlanetBears galleries, well I wasn't adding any photos to PlanetBears and some members were getting restless. So... I decided to therefore allow PlanetBears members to 'preview' BearFoot. I made a call in the news stating that all PlanetBears members should contact me and in turn I would give them a temporary user/pw.

Well, after making this call 2 times in the news and once in the newsletter, I would say only 1/10th of the PlanetBears members contacted me in order to get their temp user/pw... which led me to conclude that not many people read what's on the net. I could probably write anything I want and get away with it since people seem to be skipping the text in favour of looking at the pics and videos. I'm not passing judgement, I'm much the same way.

Read more here.

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Friday, October 3, 2008

Got Fur? (website - you need to register - it's free) is once again holding their 'Best of the Bears' ballot. What this means is that you get to first nominate and then vote for what you think are the 'Best of...' in several Bearish categories. In 2006 (article) it was Bear411 that won for best website. In 2007 (article) it was BearCiti. Who's it gonna be for 2008...?

Below are the categories to nominate/vote for. Right now they are taking your nominations and they will be doing so up until November 15th. Then the voting will begin - and you'll be able to vote from November 16th thru December 3rd. Copy and paste and email your choices in:

Best Bear Website...
Best Bear Blog...
Best Bear Nonfiction Book...
Best Bear Fiction Book...
Best Bear Podcast...
Best Bear Porn Site...
Best Bear Video...
Best Bear Porn Star...
Best Bear Business...
Best Bear Celebrity...
Best Bear Publication...
Best Bear Club/Organization...
Best Bear Run...
Best Bear Bar...
Best Bear Fundraiser...
Best Bear Campsite...
Best Bear Accommodations...
Best Bear Play Party...
Best Bear Resource...
Best Bear Artist...
Best Bear Performer...

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

His real name is Joe Mannetti however many of you know him as Joe Falconi (photo - courtesy of Lee Friend of Talk Magazine) . He has been the heartthrob to many a Bear lover as he's appeared in quite a few photo shoots, magazines and Bear movies. You might even remember seeing him for a few seconds on Conan O'Brien (altho much to the dislike of CyberBears).

Well Joe has been a very busy Bear of late, especially with the ton of work he puts into the GLBT community. You should check out this article on The Complete Bear (website - profile) to see all the things he has been up as well as all the things he'll be doing.

Oh - he also just won the Mr. Los Angeles Bear '08 title held by BearsLA at Oil Can Harry's last September 13th. A huge congratulations goes to him.

On a personal note, I have always found Joe super duper cute ever since I first saw his photos on BearBound (preview pics of Joe - articles - profile). There's something about him that just captures your eye... and keeps it focused on him. I'm sure we'll be hearing more from him in the upcoming future.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
PlanetBears got a Beefy Oops... in the latest Beef Mag #38. You see, in the previous issue, Beef (website - profile) did a feature on us, entitle 'Sexy Beasts - the Big, Beautiful, Burly Bruisers of PlanetBear.com'... if you notice, they forgot the 's' --- it should be PlanetBear'S' not PlanetBear. So we got an Oops for that in the latest issue, which is very cool of Beef to do so... it put a smile on my face because... in a way... we got featured all over again, in a small but cute and furry way.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Click Here to see a short video that Roger (galleries - articles - profile) and I (Forrest - profile) made one summer day (click here to see a list of all the videos). We tried something a little different when it came to binding feet; we also bound Roger's toes together, as in - his big toe bound to his big toe right down to his pinky toe being bound to his other pinky toe. It was then that I realized just how flexible his cute stocky feet are.

There's no sound to this video and it's a little short - about 3 minutes or so, but it's still fun to see. Here are a few quick snapshots as well (photo #1 ~ large - small) (photo #2 ~ large - small) (photo #3 ~ large - small).

There's some unrelated bad news, but there's a bit of good news as well. The bad news is that the external harddrive that I have all my videos of Roger short circuited, actually blackening the circuits, all because I plugged in the wrong AC adapter (they all look so alike). So I brought this external HD to the computer shop, and not to get into any technical details, they are working on it. The possible bad news is that I might have to spend a lot of money to extract the data, which would suck something seriously. The good news is that I still have most of the master copies on MiniDV cassettes so if they are going to ask for a bundle to extract the data, I'll just spend a couple of days loading all the videos into another external harddrive.

So, if you need to learn something today, learn from me: Buddha Bob says use the right plug for the right box, unless you enjoy the smell of circuits frying in the morning.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Back in '05, I had the chance to spend a day with René, aka OneDragon (galleries - profile). In that day we were able to take an incredible amount of photos, and our first stop was in a field near a sand mining factory. This field is pretty huge with a man-made lake next to it. There's also a lot of abandoned areas here and there, as well as a bunch of industrial junk lying around.

Anyhow, the photos from that shoot turned out great, so much so that one of the pictures inspired artist Brent D. Marr (website - articles - profile) to draw one of the photos - here is Brent's drawing and here is the original picture.

It put a huge smile on my face to see that image, and so I decided to make this photo set public. You can see all 69 images here. They are 800x600 and members can see the 1600x1200 ones (including all the other OneDragon photos).

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

[Members - click here] I've been going retroactive (maybe it should be called retropassive, since it means going into the past)... anyhow... I have been bringing over some of the bear-pics videos over to PlanetBears, turning them into FLVs (when you watch a YouTube flick, it's in FLV format).

In this update, there's 2 videos from the TickleBears (here and here) in which Blithwulf (gallery - photo - profile) and his buddy John take turns in this creative rack they built so as to tickle Bear feet. Then there is this video that I call 'Dildo Bear' (here) since this Bear straps a dildo first firmly to the floor then to a chair and goes to town on it. And finally there is a good old Mystery Bear video (here). Mystery Bear and his partner ran FurBear.net (now defunct) and they produced a bunch of videos of this cute Bear, making movies while strategically hiding his face. They had sent me a ton of short videos when I was working at bear-pics and now I cannot find them, which is a pity, however I did find one, so I added it.

I will try and add more from the bear-pics volume when I can find the time to do so. To see some preview pics of Mystery Bear and Dildo Bear, click here, and to see some older pics of Blithwulf, go here. To see all the videos, check out the Video section.

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Friday, September 19, 2008

[Members - click here] Here is a 9 minute video of the incredibly cute and husky Roger in 'Alone on the Shore'.

Here's the short synopsis: "Roger decides to take his boat for a little spin around the lake near his country place. It is a picture perfect afternoon. He comes upon a barren beach which looks perfect to him, so he directs his boat towards it, and once on shore he casts his mini anchor. Roger walks along the beach for awhile, finding a comfortable spot to relax... and that he does, relaxes until the point of release. Another fun video from Roger, shot in high definition so you really get to see the best of this gorgeous Bear".

Make sure to send Roger a message via his profile on TubeBear. Also to check out his gallery here on PlanetBears (with almost 400 pics of him). Below is a trailer of 'Alone on the Shore'.

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

You may have notice... on TubeBear - the main page - there's a drawing in the bottom left hand corner. If you refresh the page, the drawing changes. Over the past while, TubeBear has been asking artists to make a TubeBear art piece. Take a look at all the great entries right here.

Calling all artists: if you are a Bear artist - or if you're an artist who makes Bearish art - may it be paintings, drawings, cartoons or photography - send it in (either by email or by the contact form). Here is the TubeBear ball for you to download (it's a zip file with the PSD and the PNG as well the font). What we do over at TubeBear is that we will display it in rotation. Also, if you create a profile and add a link back to your website (either for yourself or for your work), we can also add a banner (720x90 pixels) which will also show up in rotation on the main page.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

On August 30th, Paul Blouin, owner of the Woof Bar & Bistro (website - articles - profile) held the 'Monsieur Bear Montréal' contest (articles - photos). This was the very 1st Bear contest that this great French Canadian city had ever seen. I (Forrest - profile) was there and I filmed the event as well as livestreamed it - both here on PlanetBears as well as on TubeBear. The livestreaming had a bunch of kinks of it (disconnection, sound issues) so I was glad that I filmed it.

I also kind of convinced my partner and hubby, Roger (galleries - profile) to be a contestant. He was reluctant at first, thought it over, then agreed to do it. He was nervous and anxious the whole week prior to the contest, yet once he got up there, he was a natural.

The video is just under 10 minutes long. Originally it was 16 yet I decided to edit it down, and this way I was able to place it here as well, on my YouTube page - BearGhetti. Hope you enjoy it.

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Monday, September 15, 2008

A bunch of news from Bear Omnimedia (website), the guys who bring you the new BEAR magazine (website - articles - profile) and ButchBear (website - articles - profile).

To start things off there is a New York BEAR Magazine Release Party (poster) on September 19th at the Eagle NYC. They will also be celebrating the release of several popular classic Bear movies on DVD, such as 'Palm Springs Vacation', 'Leather Bears at Play' and 'Big Bear Trucking Co.'. Jack Radcliffe will make an appearance that evening too. Following that, BEAR mag party will be going on tour (with the continued appearances of Jack Radcliffe) to the following areas: September 20th - a signing at Rainbows and Triangles Bookstore (Albany Bears event); September 21st - Philadelphia Woof event; September 22nd - Woof event in NYC. It's also a model search for the magazine as well. Their promoter, Max Scott, is organizing the event.

And don't miss this: Steven Wolfe (Editor) and Teddy will be on Sirius Satellite Radio on their OutQ program with Larry Flick on September 19th. They will be interviewed on the rebirth of BEAR Magazine and its future.

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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Concerning BearFoot -  I have a bit of bad news, and a bit of good news... and the bad news isn't all that bad. Let's start with the bad. Right now I just don't have the time to open up BearFoot (articles). It's almost ready, however that would mean maintaining another site, and I'm already maintaining 2 websites - PlanetBears and TubeBear - so my plate is full (ask anyone who manages a site - it's a ton of work).

The good news - I'm learning Flash and I'll be testing it on... BearFoot... yes... so I will have something up and running... kinda... sorta... and I might even put my learning process online so you guys can gawk at the flashed up BearFoot and say "sheesh, such primitive Flash skillz..."... or something... however I've always wanted to learn Flash (I tried in 2001 but things kept coming up), however now I'm determined. So keep an eye out for BearFoot and hopefully things will be moving around there soon.

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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

[Members - click here] Here is a great little video clip of Roger (galleries - profile). It's the 1st video of Roger which I've added, it's just over 5 minutes, it's in hi-def, and Roger looks super trooper hunky chunky cute 'n furry... and huggable all over.

This video was taken last year actually, back in the summer of '07. First off, Roger was in bed, releasing a bit of tension, and I kinda snuck into the bedroom and caught him on camera. After he was finished he decided to take a shower. Again, me being the sneaky little bugger that I am, I came in and caught him all wet and soaking and covered in suds. Roger is so cute - the camera was made for him.

As I mentioned this is the 1st video of Roger that I've added to the site, and I have a ton of video so if you're a fan of Roger's, then expect some more Roger goodness. This is also the 1st video clip that I added that was filmed in HD, which means all the clips which will be added from hereinafter - stuff that I have filmed anyhow - will be in hi-definition.

Here are a few snapshots I took from the video (snap #1 - snap #2 - snap #3 - snap #4 - snap #5 - snap #6 - snap #7)

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Monday, September 8, 2008

First off, that is not a picture of Brent D. Marr. It's a picture and a drawing of Shane, aka WelshCub... but 1st about Brent. Brent is an artist from Portland, OR (website - profile - articles). His drawings are seriously excellent, and he also has a great website, a revamped one to boot. He is going to be putting up a couple of new pieces for sell, one called WelshCub and the other A Hard Place.

What's great is that Shane had sent me photos way back when I was running BearPress in '99. You can see his profile here, and click here to see those images he sent me almost a decade ago.

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Monday, September 8, 2008

I'm sure you've heard by now however Google has released its own browser on September 2nd called Chrome. The very thing I noticed about it was that its logo sure looks a lot like the old Simon Says game.

So I loaded it up and it sure is fast, much faster than either Internet Explorer and Firefox, and it's a minimalist's dream - it's very naked of 'stuff...' like buttons and address bars. However there are some issues, such as popups. With IE and Fox you can choose which sites to block however Chrome doesn't, so it's not really all that friendly for sites like TubeBear. Also, it also codes things a bit differently and I notice that when I'm adding news on PlanetBears. The administration pages on PlanetBears are all messed up. In any account, it's beta, and I still give it a thumbs up, and if they polish it up, it just might wind up as my 'default' browser.

BTW, I got to 12 on that 'Simon Says' game. Alzheimer runs in my family.

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Saturday, September 6, 2008

[PlanetBears members - click here] It's funny how life is... I hadn't seen Jacques aka PandaMontreal (galleries - profile) for over a year and a half, and in the past month I've seen him 3 times. It's mostly my fault for not getting together... I've been doing that whole 'love' thing with Roger (galleries - profile).

Anyhow, the last time I saw Jacques he handed me a bunch of CDs with photos of himself, some I posted in my last update (here) and some I'm posting today. This set Panda calls it his Sexcapades... it's all about him surrounded by his myriad of teddybears, him checking out guys in Uniform magazine and in a 'jerk off' session.

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Saturday, September 6, 2008
DaddySwap is another cool site from the same guys who bring you SuperChubs (articles). The idea is very much the same with both sites - sign up, get some free credits, then browse the incredible 250,000 photos of Daddies and Bears they have in their archives. Altho you only start with something like 25 credits, if you send them your photos, they will add credits to your account. And of course, if you have no photos to share, simply sign up for a month. Click here to see some example photos.

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Monday, September 1, 2008

Last Saturday night the Woof Bar (website) held the very first Monsieur Bear Montréal contest. 5 guys competed and it was Robert Pettigrew who took the title. Check out the pics from the event here. On a personal note, my partner Roger (galleries - profile) was one of the contestants and he was runner-up, and from what I understand, he was very close to winning. Nevertheless he had fun and he looked great in his business suit and leather gear.

As I mentioned, we were there broadcasting the show live thru TubeBear - however we did have issues, mostly wi-fi issues. The connection would fade out, and each time it did we lost the broadcast, so there was a lot of reconnecting going on. The good news is that we taped the whole show, which means you'll be able to see it soon.

Once again, check out the pics here from the contest, and below is a RIM (Recorded Instant Message) Roger and I (Forrest) made the day after the contest.

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

TubeBear is going to be livecasting the 'Monsieur Bear Montréal' contest tonight - Saturday, August 30th - 10PM EST - at the 'Woof Bistro & Bar' (website - articles - profile) which is at 1661 Ste Catherine street in the Gay Village of Montreal.

This is going to be the 1st Bear contest ever that this city is going to see, so it's not only going to be fun but a bit monumental. Woof bar is also new and it's the 1st bar that is catering to Bears and their admirers. The owner is real cool and sympathetic, so we're all hoping this is going to be the start of a really good thing.

I (Forrest) will be broadcasting live from the bar, so if you cannot make it in person, then come by and watch it online, either on PlanetBears or on TubeBear. Make sure to send in some messages during the show.

ps - my hubby Roger (galleries - profiles) is going to be one of the contestants for Monsieur Bear. This is the first time he's ever done anything like this so he's a bit nervous but he's also excited and he's out to have fun. Make sure to come by and root for him, in person on online.