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Welcome to our 70th episode! Can you believe it? We’re sans Kyo this week, as he’s off visiting his folks, but there’s still a lot of bizarre stuff to be had. We’ve got gangsta board games, a critique of Total Recall, a horrible prank, and the three present members of the cast share stories; Smokey discusses his trip to Shreveport and dealing with his family (and an extended family member being irresponsible), Halfwit tries and fails to get to work thanks to being frozen over, and Istanbul shares a story about some crazy person at his job and how not to get the police involved in your marital squabbles!

Once our music break finishes – and it’s a classic, folks – we’re on to our two e-mails! Don’t worry, we understand, the holidays get a hold of all of us. All sorts of methods of relaxation are mentioned, ranging from a good book and a hot back to carving dudes up in Skyrim (although Smokey does follow up with two games that can be highly frustrating), and one listener writes in with a fairly comprehensive guide on how to deal with stress…including venting and coping, so it’s even on-topic! The cast all discuss how they relax and deal with crazy people, and a good time is had by all.

Next week’s topic is advancement. Are you better off than you were a year ago? Have you managed to keep those resolutions you made? Do you need a helping hand in accomplishing your goals, sticking to them, or even remembering them? Drop us a line about these or other topics, we’re here to help!

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Episode 70 – Take It Easy
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Episode 70 – Take It Easy - Welcome to our 70th episode! Can you believe it? We’re sans Kyo this week, as he’s off visiting his folks, but there’s still a lot of bizarre stuff to be had. We’ve got gangsta board games, a critique [...]

Author: Fred Wired has an article and interview with Pixar artist Everett Downing, who made a New Year’s resolution to create a new superhero for each day of the new year. That was three years ago, but Downing currently has 285 new heroes and plans to have 365 by the end of 2013. Many of [...]

So, I've Always Felt "Out Of Touch" With The Fandom, Manly Because Of My Complete Lack Of Art Skill. (And I Mean Complete. I Could Comprehend A Stick Person, But That's About It.) :( So I Decided That My New Years Resolution For 2012 Would Be To Try To Start Contributing To The Furry Community, And Here's What I've Done! After Tons Of Tutorials And Playing Around, I Made This!

http://imgur.com/anAI8

I Know It's Nothing Special, But I'm Proud Of It! :D Any Help Would Be Great!

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Hi, I'm pretty new to the area. I was wondering if there are any furs here in the area, a furmeet local to us, and if not anyone willing to help me start one. Been quite a while since I was able to organize something like this.

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Renee Carter Hall returns to the podcast with a new addition to the Christmas mythos.

"The Gingerbread Reindeer" by Renee Carter Hall

Read by Peter Katt

Music cues by Infinity Squared 

AD 050 - Gingerbread Reindeer - Renee Carter Hall returns to the podcast with a new addition to the Christmas mythos. "The Gingerbread Reindeer" by Read by Music cues by

Dear Papabear,

Before continuing, know that this problem is neither urgent nor very serious, so there may be other letters you'll want to tend to before this one.

My problem is quite personal and some may even call it petty. In a nutshell: I don't like that name I've chosen to make myself known with around the net. My username, "daelmacro" has become what I call myself in various places in the internet cloud and for the longest time, I've been living with it, trying to make myself known here.

But so far, I've been just another user, and honestly, I think my name has a lot to do with it. It's neither original nor catchy. It's probably not even that memorable. There are a lot of furs with the "macro" suffix in their name, and I unknowingly attached this to my username without knowing what it implied. Second, my name is easily, and very commonly misspelled...which deeply annoys me. A lot of people make it "dale" or "marco" instead of the real "daelmacro." Third, my username is also my fursona character's name...which makes it confusing to some people, who don't know if I'm speaking in-character as my fursona, or as an artist.

If I could go back to myself three years ago, I would tell him to pick a more unique name, such as the one I'm using now for gaming, "daltaidan." It has a much better ring. I've seen a lot of people move or transfer accounts just to get a better username...

Papabear, am I making too big a deal of this? And if I want to change my name on the net, what should I do? Where do I even start?

Sincerely,

Dael

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Hi, Dael,

Oh, Papabear can sure sympathize with name issues. On FurAffinity, I foolishly picked the username “zoobear.” At the time, I did so because I like bears and I like zoos. I soon found out that many people mistakenly thought I was a zoophile. Embarrassing. But it was too late to change my name. FA doesn’t let you; you have to delete your account and start over with a new one, which is a pain in the butt.

So, I kept the username, but whenever I wrote a comment or whatever on FA I made sure to sign it Grubbs Grizzly. Doing that often enough, most people who knew me got the point. Then, when I joined other sites like Facebook, I used my fursona name as my username.

Assuming you use “daelmacro” on ALL the sites you are on, including any chat services like YIM, Skype, etc., that becomes more of an issue. (BTW, I don’t think that’s such a bad name; worse are the hundreds of furries, for example, who call themselves some variation of Alphawolf or Omegawolf after the movie “Alpha and Omega” came out a while back.... Unimaginative, to say the least). “Daltaidan” really isn’t any more memorable than “Daelmacro.” People will likely misspell it just as much as your current name because that’s what people do. 

Changing your name is kinda like changing a mailing address—it can be a big bother, but it is doable. For chat services like Yahoo, it is rather simple, and it can be an opportunity for weeding out the chaff—those people you wouldn’t mind dropping from your contact list for one reason or another. All you do is send out a mass email to those you want to stay in touch with and tell them you have a new account and will soon be dropping the old one. (Of course, set up a new account FIRST). Give them some time to add your new account (say, a week or two) and then delete the old account after archiving any information you wish to keep.

You can do something similar with other sites. On FB, it’s easy to change your name. Just click on the little cog icon at the top right of the page, go to Account Settings, and key in a new name. You can post a journal (put IMPORTANT in the subject line) that all your watchers will see, telling them what you’re about to do and what your new fursona is and such. I’ve seen quite a few people do this on Facebook. 

FurAffinity, SoFurry, and others, I believe, require you to actually delete the account and open a new one (readers, any input from you on this may be helpful, so please comment).

If you have friends who follow you on several sites, you can save yourself some trouble and just email them at one time, telling them all the sites and services you use and what your new account will be. Your close friends and family will have your phone and email anyway, so you will not lose any of them. Any acquaintances and watchers who drop off your contacts are not a huge loss and, if they are really interested in you, they will find you one way or another.

More time consuming is saving all your “likes,” bookmarks, and archived pictures and such that you may have on your social sites. Depending on how important this stuff is to you and how much you have, it could take you hours to save it all.

In the meantime, and ASAP s’il vous plait, start referring to yourself by your new name. Use it all the time. Tell people this is your name now and to forget about the old one. The more you use your name the more familiar people will become with it and the easier the transition will be.

Changing one’s name is not the easiest thing, but with a little work it is doable.

Hope that helps.

Bear Hugs,

Papabear

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I've been very into the furry fandom for about three years now. My SO is very indifferent to that, and he told me recently that it really upsets him, and he really don't like animals in general, which are a big part of my life.

It really made me feel awful the way he said things, and I don't really know what to do. Am I over-reacting? Should I just forget about it and just move on? I don't really know how to deal with this or what to do. :c

EDIT: I really should have put in that he wants me to give up the fandom. If this isnt the right place for this I'll just delete it.

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Title. I'm just curious if anything. It seems like most of the furries I run into are reminiscent of the elitist jerk offs that frequent anime forums.

I mean no ill will, and I don't mind that you look at furry porn. Just thought I would throw that out there.

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So, ya. I'm trying to come up with a good name for a fursona for both me and my girlfriend. We're both anthro foxes. Any suggestions would be helpful.

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