March 7, 2008 
 Chewin' the Fat
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Welcome . . .

Chewin' the Fat is a publication from The Complete Bear designed for the bear community. It is published on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month.

Chewin' the Fat will offer up the best of the bear lifestyle - casual, cool, or woofy. Whatever it takes to complete the bear.

For the bear, his cub and their den . . .

 Joe Mannetti
 aka Joe Falconi

Joe Mannetti aka Joey Falconi Recently, we had a chance to sit down with Joe Manetti - some of you may know him as Joe Falconi from his "acting days" with BearBound, BearFilms and CyberBears .

But there is a lot going on with this dynamo - Joe uses whatever attention he receives to focus on encouraging the community to enjoy safer sex responsibly. He works with a variety of organizations that support LGBTQ people, and is a HIV Testing Counselor and Outreach Worker for the County Public Health Department.

He continues to speak to LGBTQ youth about the multiple ethnic, gender, and other issues faced when coming out at MODELS OF PRIDE day in Los Angeles.

Most recently, he was a contributing writer to GORGEOUS magazine. His first published article was on HIV POZ leaders in the community.

Joe Mannetti - The Interview 


 Farewell Got Fur . . .
 

Sadly, after three years Got Fur? is gone. Apparently, Tom was offended. Was it the furry chests? Was it the image of two hunks making out? Was it the sweaty leather guys?

We will never know. No notice, not warning, just gone. So half naked co-eds routinely spamming our inboxes is ok. Dating services and hookup sites bannered across every page? Again, ok! Building a community of 3,200+ bears over 3 years to share resources, calendar listings, fund raisers and bear runs - somehow that's offensive to MySpace.

Apparently, this is a pretty common occurrence over at MySpace. We heard from Aloha Bears and Bearracuda both had similar experiences in the last 30 days. Emails inquiring about the deletion are met with automated responses suggesting we must have committed some form of TOS violation and that deleted accounts cannot be discussed, nor can they be recovered. Gotta love customer service, eh?

We will continue to provide you all you need to know on the bear community - bear runs, bear calendar and bear resources. We will continue to blog about bear life on A Bear's Den and Bear Bones. We'll miss Got Fur?, but here at The Complete Bear we will always ensure that you have the latest from the bear community.

WOOF!

 


 Ursofelik - El Abrazo del Oso
 

Bear Rider We has a chance to chat with the artist know as Ursofelik. He is the artist behind the new El Abrazo del Oso line. The artist works and lives on Monterrey, Mexico.

"The idea of creating a community is still present and the desire to continue drawing some concepts related to the bear scene. And T-shirts are a good way to self-expression." - Ursofelik

Ursofelik 


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