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.

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.

[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'.

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.

[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)

[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.

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.

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.

It was just a couple of days ago that I mentioned that the Bear Boutique was about to go live. Well it's alive, kicking, and it's a bouncing brand new baby Bear boy.

This online shop is direct from France, and it's maintained by a very handsome couple - Axel (Thorn on TubeBear) and Pascal (Pakko). As I mentioned in the last update, Roger and I got to meet them and we took a few pics while we were in Chinatown (here). So head on over to their site and take a look at the t-shirts and baseball caps (coming soon) they have to offer. Roger was wearing one of their shirts the other day ~ which read 'Woofez Moi' ~ and more than one person asked him what it meant and where he got it.

Voulez vous Woofez avec moi, ce soir...?

The Bear Boutique website is not quite ready... yet... but they are planning on opening up shop really soon (as in the next few days). This online shop is run by 2 hot gentlemen who live in France ~ Axel (profile on TubeBear - Thorn) and Pascal (Pakko). They have come up with a real cute design for t-shirts and baseball caps and, realizing that there is no one in France working on Bear goods, that they would take the initiative and start something up.

Axel and Pascal were in Montreal not too long ago, and we (Roger and I, Bob Forrest) met up with them for an afternoon. We headed into Chinatown, ate, and had a few laughs. The visit was short but we did take a few snapshots (snap #1 - snap #2 - snap #3 - snap #4 - snap #5 - snap #6 - snap #7) of our afternoon together, and Roger is going to model some of the t-shirts for their website, and I'll add the pics up once they are ready.

Here are the recent photos of Alain, aka BearMontreal (profile). As I mentioned in the preview, BearMontreal is this 6'2'' dark and handsome Bear, born in Europe and has been in Canada for over a decade. He's trilingual (English, French and Italian) and he is of Italian descent.

He is a friend of Roger's (gallery - profile), and while chatting on TubeBear, BearMontreal wanted to have some photos of him taken. He mentioned me (Forrest - profile) and that I took pictures, so off we went into downtown Montreal for an impromptu photo shoot. It was already late so we were only able to get one set of photos in, however Alain stated he would really like a set of pics taken of him in the shower. Altho it's not been scheduled yet, we will be getting together in the near future to fulfill this shower scene.

For some previews, click here - preview #1 (small - large) - preview #2 (small - large) - preview #3 (small - large) - preview #4 (small - large).

We here at the TubeBear factory have come out with our very own commercial ad. It's cute, simple, and stars my incredibly handsome and huggable partner Roger (gallery - profile). Click the video below or you can see it here from our YouTube page BearGhetti (make sure to subscribe).

Our ad is part of our Google campaign. We're really been working quite hard in getting TubeBear to becoming the #1 Bear site. And the whole point of this ad is to make you cute guys aware of our incredible features, such as RIMs (Recorded Instant Messages) - instead of typing messages like you do with all the other Bear sites, here you can use your webcam and you can send a video message... which is, I would say, 10 to the power of 'n' more fun than an old typed message (to learn how to RIM, visit my profile page - Forrest - and from my list of videos, check out 'How to RIM').

Our next commercial will be able LiveStreaming. We are having our first LiveStreaming party on Monday August 25th (article) so make sure to be here armed with your webcam. We are hoping to see as many people login as possible. It should be a lot of fun.

We added 3 new galleries to BearFoot. You can see them here (they are entitled 'Bakin' 'n Restin'' - 'On The Dock' and 'Muddy Beach'). Now the only way to see these galleries is you need to have a PlanetBears membership. BearFoot is not open yet and only PlanetBears members can see the gallery section. We are still working on BearFoot and we're hoping to have it open soon.

So in order to see the BearFoot galleries, you will need a temporary username and password. For more info on how to get one, check out this article and watch the video.

Click here to enlarge that thumbnail of Roger (profile) and his muddy feet. BearFoot right now has over 1000 photos of Roger, many of them focusing on his legs and feet.

Here's someone who's got all the right ingredients to being a Daddy Bear; he's good looking, debonair, he's thoughtful, has a nice sense of humour about him, witty while intelligent, modern while paying attention to traditional ways. His name is Richard and he's a husky Bear from Montreal. Check out his gallery here.

These pictures were taken back in January '07. Now there's the long version as to why I never added these pics and there's also the short version. So here's the mid-length version: I met Roger (website - gallery - profile) just shortly after taking these photos, and when you meet the man of your dreams, everything else is placed on the shelf. I was also working on a Valentine's themed movie (it was January and I had a couple of weeks to work on it), and Richard's in it as well as Jacques aka PandaMontreal (website - gallery - profile) and Friedrich (gallery)... I have all the film for it, it's just a question of editing it... anyhow, that got shelved as well.

Fast forward to today and I'm re-discovering all this material I have, so I'm trying to add as much of it as possible, all the while working on some newer material.

Anyway, there you have it. Richard is truly a nice guy, make sure to send him a message via his profile. Click here to see some previews.

To all those who have a membership with PlanetBears (and those who still have their membership since the bear-pics days) - please email me or use the contact form and I will give you a temporary username and password to the BearFoot Galleries which has almost a thousand photos of Roger.

Now I posted this very same article back in the middle of May (here) and I was expecting a lot of you guys to email me. However, I didn't even get the fraction of emails I was expecting... which says to me that a lot of people don't read what's on the net... and well... I know I don't read a whole hell of a lot so I guess it's understandable.

In other BearFoot news: when I wrote that article back in May, I got an email from someone who was interested in buying the domain name. Now this was not the 1st time someone wanted to buy BearFoot but this was the 1st serious offer I received... well... it turned out that it wasn't so serious after all and this guy was just leading me on... I don't think he had any intention on buying the domain name, and we negotiated for a month and even when he got his asking price, he declined, which tells me he was a scam with too much time on his hands.

So... whatever... he's a donkey and I wasted my time. The bad news is that I wasted a month when I could have been working on BearFoot. The good news is that I get to keep the BearFoot domain name.

Anyhow... back to the article... to all those who presently have a membership with PlanetBears, please email me and I will give you a password to the site. It is a temporary password but at least you will get to preview the site. But once the website is finished and we're ready to go live, the password will no longer be good.

So please - contact me... I have something good to give you... honest.

My partner Roger (gallery - profile) loves getting and receiving email. He has a bunch of friends he emails with and they all send each other either inspirational letters, funny videos or beautiful pictures from around the world... among other stuff. And every now and then, Roger will forward me an email he think I'll enjoy. So I get this one email he sent me and it's got incredible images... however it was the song that hooked me. I had heard before... somewhere... so I did a bit of searching and found it on the net. The singer's name was Iz ~ Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. He was 38 when he died, and at one point in his life he weighed 758 pounds which is pretty incredible.

By the way... I keep getting choked up each time I listen to it. Why? I don't know, but it strikes a chord somewhere deep within me. The song is a medley of 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' and 'It's a Wonderful World'. Listen to it here and tell me what you think. For more info about Iz, check out his Wiki page.

PlanetBears members (and those who signed up with bear-pics and still have their membership), you need to either email me (Forrest) or use the contact form as soon as possible. Why? It's because I have been working hard on BearFoot.com and I want you guys to preview it. Right now there are only photos galleries but there's 845 pictures... and I will be adding more this weekend.

So... all you have to do is email me - if you know your PlanetBears (or bear-pics) username and password, that'll be great... if not, just give me your email that you signed up with when you bought your PlanetBears membership. Once you email me that info, I will email you back a membership pass to the BearFoot galleries.

Now please note: this is just a preview for PlanetBears members. This 'BearFoot' membership password will work for awhile, but it won't last forever. Also, please do not email me if you only have a TubeBear username. TubeBear is a free site; PlanetBears is the one with the pay section.

I've been mentioning BearFoot for quite some time now (from what I can see from the archived articles, I have been mentioning the site since September '07). Now a lot has happened in both Roger's and my life since then, and I've also been working on a lot of projects (PlanetBears site, TubeBear site, a movie which is in the works, a book which is like 75% done)... all that while moonlighting on BearFoot. It might seem that I'm spreading myself a little thinly but for some reason I have many projects, so hopefully you can understand why it takes me awhile to get something done.

Anyhow - hope you guys enjoy the BearFoot preview.

Also - please note - very important - BearFoot will be a paysite, but we are still working on the pay section. It's not available yet so you cannot buy a BearFoot membership. Right now all you can do is buy a PlanetBears membership which will give you access to the PlanetBears galleries and videos, and for a short while the BearFoot galleries - but only for a short while. Once we have the BearFoot pay section up and available, I will be giving super rebates to prior bear-pics and PlanetBears members.

PS - The site is called 'BearFoot - Roger's Adventures' and Roger and I have been trying to write a little about our lives since we met, something so as to accompany the photos. Our adventures are nothing like Indiana Jones, but they are ours and we're sharing. And if this is your 1st time here, check out Roger's TubeBear profile as well as my profile (Bob Forrest).

John who's out in Sydney, Australia of JOHNcc swimwear (website - TubeBear profile - articles) is informing us that he has recently put up a few video stills on his YouTube page. You can see them here.

I have to say that my partner Roger (website - TubeBear profile - galleries) has a pair of Spanks and he wears them every time we go to the pool at the gym. They truly show off his magnificently big beefy husky legs. Actually we made a couple of short little videos with Roger in his Spanks. You can see them on our YouTube page here as well as in one of our introductory videos we made for TubeBear (check out my profile - Forrest). To order your own pair of Spanks, visit their online store.

Awhile back I asked you guys to find a 'secret' profile that was hiding somewhere on TubeBear, and the idea was for you guys to find it (article - newsletter). I also mentioned that the hint could be found on Roger's profile page. Well the secret profile is called 'BearFoot' and you can see it here (you're going to have to join TubeBear in order to see the gallery). We are still working on the new site BearFoot... we had it actually almost ready but Roger and I decided to rework the galleries so we're redoing it, however we are more than hopeful that we will have this site up by the middle to the end of May.

Now for all those who sent in their answer (and as an aside - all those that did send it got it right) - I will be giving you guys a free month membership once BearFoot is up and running. I will email you guys your membership once we're ready. For now, you can see some of Roger's pics in his gallery page (and here's a larger image of the thumbnail... check out the BearFoot Pic of the Day section).

It's easier than ever to get your webcam up and streaming on TubeBear. First... login (you need to join)... make sure to have a main photo as well as filling in the required fields (date of birth, email, country, etc.)... ok you're logged on... then go to your Broadcast & Record Videos page... yes click that link if you are logged in right now... in the top box, click OK and if your webcam is setup properly, you are now broadcasting.

To see who else is webcamming, click on the Live Streaming link. From there you will see a list of guys who have their cams on. Enjoy. Any questions, contact either Forrest (TubeBear profile), AdminBear (TubeBear profile), and Roger for French (TubeBear profile).