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Christmas is over! We talk about church, Monks, Iron Chef, the History Channel and racism. 002 - Sacralicious - Christmas is over! We talk about church, Monks, Iron Chef, the History Channel and racism.

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It's a packed studio once again with TK and Eeve3 joined by Salamander3, Floating Lime, and Felis. So, of course, things run on a fair bit once again because we all love going off on tangents, right kids? For Done and Dusted Eeve3 has her turn talking about Sonic CD on the PSN. Salamander3 nitpicks Sonic Generations on the PS3. TK reviews The Smurfs in 3D, and Felis reviews Marvel Ultimate Alliance and Metal Slug 4 and 5. Starring TK, Eeve3, Salamander3, Floating Lime, and Felis. TigerTails Radio - Season 6 - Episode 18 - Boxing Day Special

Uhmmm....

The National Geographic Channel will be doing a segment on furries and the furry fandom on an episode of "Taboo," 1/3/12 at 9PM PDT.

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/national-geographic-channel/shows/taboo-1/ngc-furries.html

Sometimes, stuff like this makes me want to step OUT of the famdom....
Maybe I am getting too old for this?
-J

What is in a name, anyway? For us here in the fandom, a name can be several things: a pseudonym, a description, even a whole other being, however fictional.  It’s safe to say, then, that names are pretty important to furries, and so maybe that’s worth taking a look at.  You have to start somewhere, so lets begin with how to construct a name.  There are, of course, many other ways to construct a name, but we’ve listed just a few of the best here.

• [adjective][species] – This, of course, goes without saying. It’s the only method of choosing a furname that’s endorsed by an entire website. On the Internet! The pros? Well, obviously, the first impression will go much smoother, now that everyone knows your a SlutFox or an AngstWolf*.  There is simply no mistaking what you are, is there? It’s also food for subversion! Who knew, SlutFox is a virgin, and AngstWolf is really doing pretty alright in life!  As for the cons, well, if you can’t change the name, but you wind up changing your species, you could be SOL.
• The suedonym – Sometimes, you just can’t think of a name.  Or…well, you can, but they’re all taken.  Well, that’s no reason to stop you!  Why, I was once !Xabbu (from a book by Tad Williams), then Ranna (from a book by Garth Nix), who then became Astarael (same book).  The pros – don’t really need to think too hard; it might already be memorable! The cons – it might already be memorable as something else; it might already be memorable by many others (I wasn’t the only Ranna…). Subcategory: The they-can’t-suedonym - You know, if works even better if you don’t have to worry about the problems associated with a stolen name.  Like if the author or origin is long dead.  I knew a cat named Merlin, for instance.
• The appropriation - Why not just appropriate another word for yourself?  I very rarely go by Happenstance, which is also the name of a French film (pure happenstance, of course).  I have a good friend named Whiskey, too.  That’s good, I like whiskey and Whiskey!  Pros: pretty memorable. Cons: this one’s pretty safe, actually. Subcategory: l’appropriation - Bonus points if you appropriate from another language.  Just.. be careful of Japanese, okay?  There are a few Ookamis out there.
• The punny animal - Of course, these are totally memorable for reasons that make people want to hit you in the mouth.  My otter-sona is named Macchi.  As in Macchi-otter.  In fact, the back story is that he’s got light fur and his parents weren’t very inventive, so they named him Caramel.  Caramel “Macchi” Otter.  Sigh.  Pros: totally memorable.  Cons: people want to hit you in the mouth.  Subcategory: The recondite lingual obfuscation of humorous intent - If the pun of your name takes more than a few words to explain it…may actually be a pretty good name, because then people won’t hit you in the mouth so much.
• The real name - I…er…hmm.  I guess I may have met someone who used their real name once.  Maybe?  I mean…hmm.  Hey, was that guy Ty really named Ty?  Does Karlhockey count? This could be big, guys, I don’t know…maybe the new, unique trend in furry pseudonyms would be to just use your real name.  I mean, that’s pretty inventive, and it’s already © you… Pros: inventive.  Cons: now they know your name.

* See: http://rikoshi.gd-kun.net/furry.html

Guess How Much I Love You is an popular and award-winning children’s book written by Sam McBratney and illustrated by Anita Jeram. Now SLR Productions has created Guess How Much I Love You: The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare, a 2D animated TV series with young children in mind. Like the book, the series takes place in an idyllic woodland where Little Nutbrown Hare lives and learns with his father, Big Nutbrown Hare, and all their friends. The series has been running on Disney Junior Australia, and is set to premier soon on Disney Junior USA. If you check out the SLR Productions web site for the show, you’ll find a link to another interesting TV series they’re working on called Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs. Yes.

image c. 2011 by Anita Jeram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, that’s all for now. Except, of course, to say MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you all.  We’ll see you in 2012!

I just recently (19 hours ago) got involved in Steam because of Skyrim, and fell in love with all the $5 holiday game sales. Long story short, $100 and 20 or so games later, I realize I have no friends that use PC games. I figured I'd add some fellow furs to chat/play with, but I couldn't find a Steam thread, which seems strange considering that I see them all the time around Reddit. If there already is a thread, could someone please point me to it?

If there isn't, who wants to have a new friend? :3

edit: Doh! My Steam username is 'TehSofaWolf'

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This episode Roo and Elias are left to fend for themselves (due to Thay visiting family).  They take this time to talk about the special season and sing carols, read Christmas stories, and sing carol parodies written by themselves and other listeners.  If you want to sing along to this episode's funny carols, please visit our website (www.furwhatitsworth.com) and click on the 'sing-a-long' tab.  Have a merry Christmas! Also, here's the funny 12 days of Christmas video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AwfSQgVtP5s Now Listen: Christmas Special - This episode Roo and Elias are left to fend for themselves (due to Thay visiting family).  They take this time to talk about the special season and sing carols, read Christmas stories, and sing carol parodies written by themselves and other listeners.

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In this episode, the hosts of Fur What It's Worth talk about making the best of a convention including suiting tips, the 6-2-1 rule, going to panels and more! Join them for a fun discussion about the best weekends you will have! This episodes picture, drawn by Thay, is of a cute green husky and a magenta deer. Elias still thinks the husky would have looked awesome in beige. The music breaks for this episodes are Burn On by The Queenstons and Low Noon, by NDever. Links http://colorschemedesigner.com/# http://www.furaffinity.net/user/yuuryuu/ http://cov1ous.deviantart.com/ Our next episode will be a Holiday Episode. Send your emails with furry versions of classic Christmas songs or poems to cast@furwhatitsworth.com. You can email Elias at elias@furwhatitsworth.com, Thay at thay@furwhatitsworth.com, and Roo at roo@furwhatitsworth.com Now Listen Episode 6 – Furry Conventions - In this episode, the hosts of Fur What It's Worth talk about making the best of a convention including suiting tips, the 6-2-1 rule, going to panels and more! Join them for a fun discussion about the best weekends you will have! - This episodes picture,

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Hey!  You!  Are you a furry writer?  Or an avid reader of furry fiction?  Yeah?  Well, we want you!

We’ve been spending a good amount of time on visual art, recently, and as we peek through the drafts and ideas for the upcoming year’s articles, there’s still plenty more where that came from!  We’d like to start branching out, however.  In order to get a broader perspective on the furry writing scene, we’re trying something new: we’d like to feature three short pieces about tropes in furry fiction.  A trope is an idea, technique, or metaphor that carries through multiple, unconnected works; as TVTropes puts it: “Tropes are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members’ minds and expectations”.  We’re looking to explore a few of these which are either specific to furry writing, or weirdly out of proportion in our genre.  Keep reading for the rules!

The Rules

We’re looking to pick three entries from three different people in order to highlight some of the tropes common in furry writing.  You may point these tropes out in a humorous fashion, find a unique way to hang a lampshade on them, to subvert, avert, or invert them, or point out if they are particularly effective.  Three winners will be published here as an entry with proper credit, links back to galleries or websites, and a sentence about the author.

• Enter as many times as you want; if you provide more than one entry in a submission, please make sure they’re easily distinguished.
• Submissions should be 500-1000 words.
• Please include a short sentence about yourself and/or your character, as well as a link if you wish (website, FA or SoFurry gallery, etc).
• Cite any quotes you include.
• If your submission is fiction, please provide a description of the trope you are highlighting in order to make sorting easier (we’re aiming for three different tropes).

Please email your submissions to submit@adjectivespecies.com by 12:00 AM, Mountain Time, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Fine print

You will be notified in advance whether or not your entry is selected.  Only one entry will be selected per person.  By entering, you’re giving us the right to publish your entry here on http://adjectivespecies.com with proper attribution.  You may be contacted again if there are additional publishing opportunities for your entry (we will never spam, nor share your address, of course).  We may edit your entry for style, spelling, and grammar, and will notify you in advance if we do so.  If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact us at submit@adjectivespecies.com.

Just found out that the episode of NatGeo's Taboo that will feature a fursuiter will air on January 3rd at 9pm Eastern, 6pm Pacific and according the my local listing (Comcast Knoxville) at tvguide.com, will air again 3 hours later.

The Nut Job is a new CGI animated feature film that was announced in Animation Magazine’s 2012 calendar. It’s being produced by Toonbox Entertainment and Red Rover International, who are hoping to release it next summer. The director is Peter Lepeniotis, who first introduced his character Surly the Squirrel in a 2005 animated short film titled, appropriately, Surly Squirrel. In this new feature film, Surly and his rat buddy (named Buddy) must contend with a new group of rodents who invade their city park home. Not a lot to go on yet, but the film does have an entry up on IMDB, and Toonbox also has an web page for the project. Word is that The Nut Job may be developed into a TV series also.

image c. 2011 Toonbox Entertainment