Posted: 4/23/00

According to a posting on the BML, the owner of the bear clothing business Bear Manufacturing Co. was recently injured and is recovering. So if you've ordered from Bear Manufacturing recently, be patient. The owner pledges that he'll work through the backlog as soon as he can and we wish him well. (Thanks to Larry D.)

Meanwhile all is not quite well at Lynn Ludwig's site, ludwigphotos.com. Mr. Ludwig is a a well-known photographer in the bear community and it seems that he's become, as he says, a victim of his own success. His site features many high-quality portraits and candid photos taken at various bear events over the last several years. But lately his site has received so much traffic that he had to take it offline for most of this month. But never fear -- expect to see the site back online after April 28th as Mr. Ludwig explores "other alternatives" for solving these recent problems.

A new bear erotica website, Bearlicious, has appeared on the 'net. The owner says, "If you think you're `bearlicious,' send me your pictures (zipped) and I'll add them. Maybe even give you your own gallery depending on the number of pictures you send." The site uses AVS to control access.

Meanwhile, the Orlando Sentinel reports that the oppressive tyrants at Walt Disney World will soon allow their male employees to wear mustaches. In the past, Walt Disney has forbade them from wearing facial hair of any kind. Oh well, it's a start... (Thanks to SluggoBear)

Here at the RfB, we have all sorts of exciting things going on. Hot on the heels of our sixth anniversary and the debut of our Spanish language pages, one of our team is about to embark on a cross-country road trip! The intrepid adverturer is none other than Mike Ramsey, our tireless volunteer coordinator, answerer of RfB email, and savior to anyone who's ever forgotten his NetBears password. Accompanying Mike on this trip will be Kevin Jackson, a club officer at Bears of Old Pueblo and all-around nice guy. With any luck, we'll be publishing a road journal of their adventures. So stay tuned to Bear News during early May!

Their itinerary will be:

	May 1st:	Phoenix, AZ - Albuquerque, NM
	May 2nd:	Albuquerque, NM - Denver, CO
	May 3rd:	Denver, CO - Kansas City, MO
	May 4th:	Kansas City, MO - Columbus, OH
	May 5th:	Columbus, OH - Pittsburgh, PA

Kevin and Mike would appreciate tips on places to stay, places to eat, and things to do in the cities that they'll be visiting. If you're familiar with any of the locations on their itinerary and think you can help, Kevin requests that you drop him a line. And if you'd like to know more about these two wonderful gentlemen, check out their NetBear profiles on our site! Kevin is #2288 and Mike is #3.

And on a lighter note, here's a rumor from theforce.net. It's pretty much confirmed that the next Star Wars movie will have Ewan MacGregor returning as Obi-Wan Kenobi. But this time he might have a beard! Star Wars fans will recall that the original movie featured a white-bearded Alec Guinness as the older Obi-Wan. But alas, when we saw Ewan playing young Obi-Wan in last year's The Phantom Menace, he was clean-shaven. (Perhaps he'd been working at Disney World?)

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