May 2003
C-ACE Hotel Reservation Deadline Changed to May 7
Posted by Jeff_Novotny on Thu 1 May 2003 - 09:53Since we've done well with our room block and since some room types were sold out while others types remained, the hotel has adjusted things a bit and agreed to extend the reservation deadline to May 7 (next Wed). Please see http://www.c-ace.org/ for more information.
Ohio Morphicon Year Zero Kickoff Party!
Posted by Trickster on Fri 2 May 2003 - 09:09Ohio Morphicon's Year Zero party will be held June 21 in Columbus Ohio. Please check out:
...for more information. We'll have a free picnic and puppet show, predator/prey games, an outing for miniature golf, break for dinner, and then furry bowling in the evening. There will also be a possible zoo trip the following day, pending interest.
This is all to set the stage for next year's Ohio Morphicon furmeet, planned around the same time.
Ohio Morphicon is an upcoming (2004) first-year furmeet. Please see our webpage for more information!
Trickster
Do you think southern California needs a convention to replace Confurence?
Posted by Anon on Fri 2 May 2003 - 13:24Shuttle Wreckage Yields Tiny Survivors
Posted by Cordite on Fri 2 May 2003 - 20:34Three months after the tragic loss of the space shuttle Columbia, investigators have discovered that one of the on-board experiments - containing live worms - survived.
The worms, known as C. elegans, are nematodes about the size of a pencil tip. They were stored in canisters mid-deck aboard the shuttle and had remained unopened until this week. With a life cycle of only about eight days, the worms are several generations removed from their ancestors placed aboard the shuttle in January.
Upcoming Furry Comics for July
Posted by Aureth on Sat 3 May 2003 - 14:38Sent in by Doodles: "Well, this _has_ been a weekend, hasn't it? Enough about wailing and gnashing of teeth. May's catalog is coming and there's lots of crunchy goodness for all as the publishers get their act in gear for ComicCon International. There's some new titles this month, and lots of old ones. So much for saving up for college. =};-3"
MusiKitty Radio is on the air!
Posted by Rigel on Mon 5 May 2003 - 10:41MusiKitty Radio plays global electronic dance/trance, progressive house, remixed 80s and 90s, upbeat and downbeat lounge/ambient, bigbeat, breakbeat, happycharmfooldancemusic (hcfdm), along with plenty of little surprises thrown in for good measure. Many of these tunes are among those heard at the Saturday dances at Anthrocon.
Now playing 24/7! Visit the webpage and listen in at http://www.xydexx.com/musikitty/
- Rigel
Australia to Build War Memorial for Animals
Posted by Cordite on Tue 6 May 2003 - 15:03Towards the end of this year, Australia is to begin construction of a memorial dedicated to all those animals who served their nation in armed conflict.
At a cost of $214,000, the memorial will honour the animals who hauled men and materiel, carried messages, acted as guards, mascots, or performed countless other duties in time of war.
According to an RSPCA spokeswoman, "It's about all the animals that played a variety of roles in war... We sent an estimated 100,000 horses to World War One alone. Only one came back".
Happy Furry Day!
Posted by Chip_Unicorn on Wed 7 May 2003 - 23:11The town of Helston in Cornwall, England celebrates May 8 as Furry Day.
So strict is the observance of this day as a general holiday, that should any person be found at work, he is instantly seized , set astride on a pole, and hurried on men?s shoulders to the river, which he is sentenced to leap over a wide place, which he, of course, fails in attempting, and leaps into the water. A small contribution towards the good cheer of the day easily compounds for the leap.
So, what are you doing for Furry Day?
The Transfiguration of Harold Maines
Posted by Cordite on Thu 8 May 2003 - 07:14An upcoming film about the transformation of one ordinary man - Harold Maines - into a horse.
From the website:
" What do you want to be when you grow up? A doctor? A lawyer? A filmmaker? For Harold Maines the answer was simple. He wanted to be a horse. Midsummer Movies, a Chicago-based independent film company, and director Jared W. Johnson have begun to produce a documentary outlining the details of Harold's life so that you too may be able to decide what you believe about this fantastic event."
The trailer may be viewed here
New furry personals site!
Posted by Anon on Thu 8 May 2003 - 09:02Pounced.org is a new furry personals site, it is currently home to about 330 furry related personals ads. The site was put online in March, with the intent of creating a free furry personals site, that is run by furs, for furs.
Check it out at: pounced.org
Henson family buying back Muppets
Posted by GeneBreshears on Thu 8 May 2003 - 12:36The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that the heirs of Jim Henson are completing a deal to buy the Muppets (or more specifically, the Jim Henson Co.) back. And there's a more in-depth article at CBS News.com
Car Washes are for Cars... Not Horses.
Posted by Cordite on Thu 8 May 2003 - 16:06A Nebraska man received a warning from animal control officer John Pettit after he took four horses to a car wash.
Jess Yager was surprised to learn that it is illegal to bathe his horses at the car wash, as he's been doing so for years. Yager says the horses much prefer it to the cold hose at home.