David Bliss posted on a.f.f. : "A new and improved web site for Rivercoon Arts has just opened at http://www.furholt.net/~rivercoon/ . Please take a look and let me know how
you like the new format in the PRINTS pages. The old site at Skunked.com
will remain open until the server is shut down at the end of the month."

All right so it's a bit early to be buying
tickets and organizing events with your fav friends, but this
movie is worth a quick look. On July 4th of this year, Warner
Brothers will unveil "Cats and Dogs" an
action/adventure comedy. The title leaves little for the
imagination, yes that's right, dogs and cats are the stars of the
show. The plot seems fairly simple, Cats once ruled the ancient
world dating back to Egypt, however the dogs came to power and
brought down the Cat Empire. Since then a war has raged between
the two species, hidden from the typical human view. Oh yes, the
humans are absolutely clueless as to the covert battles being
waged right under their noses. Suddenly a rogue cat named Mr.
Tinkles (Voice of Sean Hayes) begins stirring up
trouble, when he sets into motion an evil plan that would disable
the dogs of the world and prevent humans from stopping his Kitty
Tyranny! A Group of top canine agents are given the mission
impossible, stop the rogue cat and save the world. This looks like a
must see for furry fans this summer! Unfortunately for the
kitties, the dogs are the heroes in this flick, Sorry pussycats
:) Even so, this film looks like a whole lot of fun for everyone.
For additional info on Cats and Dogs check out the Official
Website. Cats and Dogs is currently
Unrated, yet we can expect it to be somewhere between G and PG-13.
Special Thanks for Yahoo! Movies for the Bios.

Got this in my email around 1pm 5/21:

Hello,

This is an administrative message from FurBid:

We had a bit of unexpected down-time yesterday afternoon.
Somehow, the name server on Transform got re-enabled, allowing us to get hit by
the l10n worm again. We had to re-load from Saturday night back-ups, so
unfortunately, any bids placed between 8am and 4:30pm may have been lost.
Please, check any auctions that you have bid on between 5-19-2001 and
5-20-2001.

My sysadmin swears to me that yes, this time he has removed the vulnerable
server, and it will not be going back on. However, I have started an hourly back-up of FurBid's data files, independant of his bi-daily backup. This should
never happen again.

Anyfur that was affected by this, please e-mail me at aatheus@transfur.com.
Please include your username, the auction # and category that was/were
affected, plus any other info that would help us re-construct your bid(s).
On behalf of FurBid, I apologize for the frustration this may have caused you
all. -Aatheus

Thank you and please tell a friend about us!

Sincerely,

FurBid

Flayrah.com content is now available in a PDA-friendly format for those of you who like to read the news on your PalmOS, WinCE, or Pocket PC device. You can see the simplified page here. AvantGo users can add Flayrah.com content to their channels by simply clicking this link.

Interestingly enough, both Flint and Kaelan submitted reviews of Fire Bringer by David Clement-Davies on the same day. Rather than choose between them, I've included both reviews below.

RPG.net recently posted a generally favorable playtest review of the Supermegatopia Role-Playng Game. Unfortunately, the review generated this reaction on RPG.net's forum where a poster described Supermegatopia as "essentially a comic in which furry animals get naked and have sex like you or I shake hands." While the poster says he has nothing personal against Supermegatopia, he does wonder how SMT's content could support an RPG.

John Robey's web comic, The Suburban Jungle, is a "furry" comic that follows the life and times of aspiring model Tiffany Tiger, as well as her coworkers and associates. It has been successful enough to spawn the book La Vida Panthera, a collection of TSJ comics published by the good folks at Plan 9 Publishing. The following was posted 5/18 on the website:

This fall, CBS will feature a new TV series with a potentially furry theme. Wolf Lake, which CNN describes as "a science-fiction drama about wolves who live in the form of humans", will star Lou Diamond Phillips and Graham Greene and will air Wednesdays at 10:00pm Eastern/Pacific, 9:00pm Central. For more information, click on the title.

The @bulletin today on FM:

As of this morning, FurryMuck SM and its services are fully
restored. The new IP address is 24.164.231.38. All old ports
are functioning fine. DNS changes will be propogating through the
net, so sometime today you should be able to use muck.furry.org
and all the "usual" names as well.

There are too many people to thank here, but suffice it to say
that we thank the wizzes, FugaTek, Time-Warner, and not least,
you our users.

-S'A'Alis

The website for FurToonia MUCK, located at http://www.furtoonia.net has returned. I'm not quite sure why it was down, quite possibly it was due to renevations to the site or a hosting glitch. But what is important is that it has returned, and it has a slick JAVA application for MUCKing via your webbrowser.

Assuming this is the correct Mel White (I'm pretty sure it is though I'll confirm with Mel myself): http://www.scifi.com/sfw/current/news.html

This was posted by Benjamin on alt.fan.furry:

The fandom's favorite cockroach, Uncle Kage, will be our special guest
at Feral! 2001, and we are very pleased to announce that he will be sharing
a number of his fascinating tales during his renowned Story Hour!
It's the perfect scene to enjoy stories in, don't you think? A campfire
blazing, the stars overhead, the fresh night air...

Feral! will be held August 22 to 26, 2001, at the Kinark Outdoor
Centre, in Ontario, Canada. You can find all the keen details on this event
at our web site...
http://www.campferal.org

Hiker, one of the attending artists and instructors, has done a drawing
that illustrates the upcoming event event nicely. You can find it at...
http://www.campferal.org/scrapbook/pics/kage-td-01.jpg

We hope to see you at Feral! 2001!
http://www.campferal.org

Benjamin

I have to agree, this is a great setting for Kage to pull out all the stops and show his story-telling prowess.

It's odd how the timing for this couldn't be more perfect: On one hand, we have the newsbit that Micah posted regarding the conditions found in a large-production slaughterhouse. It roused a little debate -- although not as much as some people may have expected -- regarding the potential validity of this article, as well as a few remarks on the conditions humans subject themselves to, with a dash of "is organic farming reasonable?" thrown in for seasoning. On the other hand (paw?) we have the article about Furry fans appearing on the hit TV show "E.R." and the possible negative repurcussions it can have on the fandom. I watched some of the tidbits that were taped and converted to streaming media, and I personally don't see what the people on alt.fan.furry are up in arms about -- the Furry fandom has had worse blows (Vanity Fair, anyone? Or have we already forgotten the "Rapid T. Rabbit" interview on The Daily Show?) in its past. Surprisingly enough to me all the flames and knee-jerk reactions have stayed on a.f.f. and off of the Flayrah threads.

Call it the ultimate poll. Furnetwork is looking for donations to make the initial payment for getting their servers back online. They will refund the money if they cannot get Furnetwork back up. The payment service is through Paypal, which you can access through Furnetwork's main page. If you thought the poll here was just hot air, here's where you can put your money where your mouth is.

Information about the rates, accomodations and guidelines for persons interested in purchasing space in the dealer's room at Midwest FurFest has been made available online. All the necessary information can be found on the Dealer's Information Page. The necessary forms (the Dealer Application, Registration Form and Dealer Agreement) are available online in PDF and MSWord formats. The convention does request that any dealer-related correspondence be mailed to dealers@furfest.org and not the main MFF mailing address.