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Can you have too much of a good thing? What are the dangers of allowing something you enjoy to take up too much of your time, and are there reasonable limits? For this episode, we discuss a proverb encouraging moderation in all things.

Hosts: Levi, Spenser, Wolfin

Podcast image by Michaela Kobyakov

Daily Show: December 13, 2012 - Can you have too much of a good thing? What are the dangers of allowing something you enjoy to take up too much of your time, and are there reasonable limits? For this episode, we discuss a proverb encouraging moderation in all things. - Hosts: Levi,

Kevin Frane, author of The Seventh Chakra (nominated for an Ursa Major Award in 2011) returns this January with a new novel called Summerhill. Fur Planet will release it in both hardcover and softcover, starting at Further Confusion in San Jose. “Summerhill is a dog with a problem: he isn’t exactly sure who he is. Living alone in a desolate world as its only inhabitant, he has no memories of his previous life—only the tantalizing clue that the answers he seeks may lie with a mysterious woman named Katherine, the hostess on a cruise ship that sails between dimensions. But Katherine has problems of her own, and if Summerhill wants her help in unlocking the secrets of his past, he’ll have to help Katherine deal with hers. Together, the two will travel to different worlds, different times, and different universes in a journey where each new stop has both fantastic discoveries and deadly threats in wait, and where the rules of reality can change as easily as weather.” Check out Fur Planet’s Live Journal to pre-order a copy.

image c. 2012 Sofawolf Press

(Name changed to protect people that actually needed to think what the callsign for Redditors was. I thought "baconers" was a witty name, since it's what the narwhal does at midnight. I was obviously wrong. Aaaaanyway...)

So. In about a month. Who's in? Anywhere/time you guys wanna meet? Anyone got any Reddit-themed panels lined up? Any special funtime activities planned? Tournaments on gaming systems?

Let's talk.

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Author: Fred I did not vote for Bitter Lake, but I will for this 2’54” December 2012 video Christmas card! An intelligent film, designed for the limitations of fursuits, by Reeve, EZwolf, and Shay, with music by Fox Amoore. It is already on the UMA’s 2012 Recommended Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series list. Find the [...]

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I see all these post of people making tails out of yarn. Any information on how to do it?

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So TaniDaReal did a cool thing I thought I post up here for your entertainment. She post per FA a receipt for “Hot Christmas Punch” and it looks goooddd. Those Germans know to make a drink for sure. Tani went on also to say that her wolf Calendar this year was just not possible so I guess she gave us this for replacement? I will tell you I’d rather have this then somethn’ on my wall because, this is somethn’ that will make some fun times. Check out the thing here!

Author: Fred For Hannukah, the Cartoon Brew brings us this 3’42” film from independent animator Nadav Nachmany’s Kniedalach Productions of Jerusalem, Samurai Jew: The Eighth Night, about a Jewish superhero fighting evil ninja pigs to save an anthropomorphic jelly doughnut. (Nachmany spells it ‘Channukah’). Find the full article here: flayrah – furry food for thought [...]

I have been kinda lurking around this subreddit for a while, and would like to get into the furry community. Can i just get like... a tour guide? I dont know how to put it, just someone to help explain this fandom to me.

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Hey papa bear,

I’ve been struggling a lot lately with stress and life in general.

My family has a lot of crap that always comes up, yet I can't say anything and I’m supposed to just take all the bullying from the external sides of the family during the holidays. Seeing this pressure stresses my mom out to the point every year, in November she loves Christmas but as soon as it's December, she's about to have a nervous breakdown from the external family taking everything out on her.

On top of that stuff, my mate is trying to move out to a friend's house in California as quickly as possible, but I’m getting more and more stressed out by how hard he's having it now where he lives currently.

I don't know what to do anymore papa bear.... I feel like I’m either a ticking time bomb waiting to explode and just nuke everyone with a rant and my emotions. Yet at the same time, I feel like I’m being sucked back into the depression I had during junior high school when I wanted to kill myself.

Am I taking all this to heart WAY too much and am making myself go insane, or am I being too selfish and need to focus on my immediate family and mate and help them out?

very confused pup,
Owen

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Dear Owen,

Ah, the traditions of Christmas.... eggnog, festive trees, the lights, the garland, food, relatives and STRESS! By “external” relatives, Papabear gathers you mean the “extended” family, such as uncles, cousins and such? And it sounds like they all flock to your house, where your mom has to cook and clean for them and entertain them. She sounds like the kind of person who takes a lot on herself to try and make everyone happy.

People often put stress on themselves. This is something Papabear is very guilty of himself, so take my advice with a grain of salt because I have a hard time following it myself. I’m betting you take after your mother, allowing things beyond your control to stress you out and even inviting in more stress into your life unnecessarily. But, too, you mention this “bullying” by your relatives. I’m not sure what that means, but it doesn’t sound like something loving family members should be doing.

Then there is also your mate and your concern for his move and his home situation that is causing you stress.

One thing we need to learn in life is to not get stressed over things that are beyond our control. You, Owen, cannot control how your mother reacts to relatives and the stress she puts on herself, nor can you control what is happening to your mate. In both cases, you can offer your love and support, but you need to adopt a Buddhist attitude and not burden yourself with other people’s stress.

As for your relatives, you say you are “supposed to just take all the bullying” from them and keep your mouth shut. Given that you have a mate, you are old enough to defend yourself. This is what I call “getting your GRRR on.” You should not have to take verbal or physical abuse from anyone, and if your parents tell you to “just take it” they are not being supportive and loving parents. The extreme end of this is parents not listening to their children when they have been sexually harassed by a relative (a situation Papabear has seen several times from letter writers). Wouldn’t you say those victims have the right to their family’s support? Same goes for whatever is happening to you. You have a right not to take abuse from others and to stand up for yourself. Period. If is to the point of, God forbid, criminal abuse, and your parents don’t listen, then time to contact police or social services. If it is just teasing and making fun of you, then make fun at them back, tease them back. Don’t allow yourself to be a doormat to nasty people. Even though blood is supposedly “thicker than water,” that doesn’t give your relatives license to be cruel to you.

That said, I must continue with this comment: you suggest you might become suicidal from all of this stress just as you were back in junior high. Really? Suicidal because your family is being a pain and your mate is having a stressful move? Owen, try and get a little perspective here. These situations, while a pain in the butt, are certainly FAR from cause for committing such a drastic act. Actually, there is NO cause for suicide Papabear can think of (with the possible exception of suffering excruciating pain from a terminal illness; I’m not advocating that, but it is understandable).

I’m glad you wrote to me, Owen. I hope this letter gives you a little objective perspective. When we are living within our own lives and our own perspective, sometimes things seem magnified and more desperate than they really are. Are you in good health? No one in your life is grievously sick or dying? You have enough money to get by? A place to sleep, food to eat, clothes to wear? Then you can get through this without doing anything radical.

In the meantime, you need some stress relief. Papabear always advocates exercise and meditation to help. There’s another thing, too, if I may be a little naughty: sex. I’m not sure where you live in relation to your mate, and I’m assuming you’re of legal age for this, but a terrific way to relieve yourself of stress would be to perform some mattress athletics with your mate *wink wink*.

So, Owen, take a deeeeeeeeeeeep breath, realize you are not in charge of everyone’s life and therefore not responsible for their stress (though you can offer help), defend yourself from derpy relatives, and relieve your stress with exercise and meditation techniques.

Good luck! You can get through this!

Papabear

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I got a new FA account relatively recently, and I was wondering what some of your favorite artists were to +watch. I would love to really see some quality and diversity! Hit me with all you got!

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Author: actfuronair From their early days in antiquated chatrooms and terrible geocities home-pages with scrolling marquee banners, to their current glorydays across twitter and deviantart; Social sites have been the bread and butter feeding the growing community fandoms, furry included. What sites brought us along and what places do we fondly remember spending our teenage [...]

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