SOUTHERN TAILS
The Official Newsletter of Furry Weekend Atlanta
January 2006

In this issue...
1. Important Hotel Information!
2. List of Dealers
3. Programming Spotlight: The Artful Art of Con Artist Artistry
4. Programming Spotlight: Comic De-Suckification
5. Programming Spotlight: Webcomics
6. Volunteers

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Some folks know I've been working on a book for SFA that is a manual of how to draw furry art for beginners who want to learn but don't know where or how to start.

The pre-orders came in from Diamond distributors, and they were not enough to pay for the printing.

I've been given an option however.
If I can cover the balance of the printing costs, SFA will still do the book and cover the associated costs.
Thats about $800 I need.

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"A Fort Sumner, New Mexico, man says he caught a mouse inside his house and wanted to get rid of it. He had a pile of leaves burning outside, so he threw the mouse on it. The mouse caught fire and ran back into the house.

Eighty-one-year-old Luciano Mares talked about the event Saturday afternoon from a motel room. The blaze the mouse started destroyed the home and everything inside it." (AP)

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Hello!.....Here I'm known as 'Rustybat'....I am the creator,artist and writer of FURRLOUGH's "ACE AND QUEENIE" series....I would very much like to hear from any furry fans who have read A&Q about how they are enjoying my series....what do you like or don't like about it? Please feel free to reply to this post! Thank you!

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Till depth do us part?

"An unusual wedding ceremony was held in the southern resort town of Eilat on Wednesday, as Sharon Tendler, a 41-years-old Jewish millionaire from London married her beloved Cindy, a 35-years-old dolphin, Israel's leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported Thursday."

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Quentin 'Cubist' Long here, bringing you glad tidings with which to start the new year off right: ANTHRO #3 is online! The first thing you'll see is the cover by Opal Weasel -- and a fine cover it is, too, depicting a sophisticated wolf-about-town.

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Today is the last and final day to pre-register for Further Confusion 2006.

You have two choices:
Register Online at http://www.furtherconfusion.org/fc2006/onlinereg.php
or
Mail in a registration form (available to print at http://www.furtherconfusion.org/fc2006/pdfs/Pre-form2006.pdf) with your payment. The postmark on the envelope must be today.

Register today, and you get to enjoy the whole for $45 as an attending member.
If you'd like to be a Sponsor, it'll cost you $100 and you get some extra gifts.
For $200, you can be a patron, and get even more stuff.

After today, your next chance to register will be at the convention itself, where an attending membership will cost you $50. Day prices are listed on our website.

Experience...the THRILLS!...the FUN!...the FUR!

Megaplex 2006...the HORROR! It's coming...

Happy Holidays! No matter how you celebrate the season, the Board and staff of Megaplex 2006 hope that your holidays were full of good cheer. We have some good cheer of our own to share, which we'll get to shortly. First things first, however...

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The 2005 callendar year has seen the emergence of a new venue for furry/anthro/transformation writers to get their works recognized. The WatchingStone AnthroStory Contest is in it's third season and is getting better each go around. This season's judging began on December 21, 2005 and is slated to continue until January 21, 2006. All readers are encouraged to send in their ballots and vote for their favorite entry.

More information on how to vote is available here at http://www.watchingstone.com/vote.html .

More information on the contest is available on the main contest page at http://www.watchingstone.com/contest.html .

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The list of artists who are confirmed to have panels is now available on our website.

If you returned paperwork, but are not on this list, then you will be automatically placed on the waiting list based on the postmark of your application.

If the above does not apply to you, and you still want to be placed on the waiting list, send email to artshow@furtherconfusion.org.

The list of reservations received and put into the waiting list should be available shortly.

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Morphicon: "The Food Chain": May 5-7, 2006

Radisson Columbus-Worthington, OH
http://www.morphicon.org/
Honoring: Candy and Ryan DeWalt, and Bill Holbrook

In this issue:

• Morphicon 2006 Deadlines
• Sponsorship Levels
• Looking to Get Involved at the Con?

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The Further Confusion 2006 Art Show has now been sold out for spaces in all areas (general, adult, 3D)

We will be putting up a list of all those who have panel or table space on our Art Show webpage as soon as possible (either Wednesday evening or Thursday morning). When the list is put up, it will be announced here.

There is no need to email the art show staff enquiring if you have space - this information will be provided on the list when it is posted.

The Art Show staff is now creating a waiting list for Art Show space. If you would like to be put on the waiting list, please send an email to artshow@furtherconfusion.org.

If you have already submitted paperwork applying for artshow space but did not get space - you will automatically be placed on the waiting list for space, based on the postmarked date of your application.

We thank you in advance for your patience.

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From ABC News out of Spokane, Washington, researchers have identified a type of "long panting" sound that Dogs make to be the equivalent of a "laugh" and that it appears to make other dogs stop barking.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Health/story?id=1370911

"When they played the sound of a dog panting over the loudspeaker, the gaggle of dogs at the shelter kept right on barking. But when they played the dog version of laughing, all 15 barking dogs went quiet within about a minute. "

Doodles wrote in alt.fan.furry:

Here's a few Valentine's Day treats. From this point on, I'm skipping the order #'s. You have the page in the catalog to look in, that'll be good enough.

SOUTHERN TAILS
The Official Newsletter of Furry Weekend Atlanta
December 2005

In this issue...
1. Events at Furry Weekend 2006
2. Programming Spotlight: Untitled
3. Programming Spotlight: Critical Fail
4. Conbook Submissions
5. Registration
6. Art Show
7. Volunteers

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