July 2002
How important to you are the 'adult' aspects of furry fandom?
Posted by Anon on Wed 24 Jul 2002 - 13:17Donkey bites off Moroccan boy's penis
Posted by Blackberry on Fri 26 Jul 2002 - 15:44Reported by Reuters: A seven-year-old boy in Marrakesh, Morocco had his penis bitten off by a donkey. Surgeons have managed to get it reattached, but they aren't saying how it got bitten off in the first place.
"The Cat Returns" - new Studio Ghibli movie
Posted by Fred on Fri 26 Jul 2002 - 15:50The latest animated feature by Studio Ghibli, the studio that has produced the features of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata ("Kiki's Delivery Service", "My Neighbor Totoro", "Porco Rosso", "Pom Poko", "Princess Mononoke", "Spirited Away", etc.), has just been released in Japan on July 19th; and it is a Furry fantasy.
Songs in the Key of Fur
Posted by mwalimu on Fri 26 Jul 2002 - 15:50An interesting essay on furry music was recently posted to VCL. It is entitled Furry Music: Songs in the Key of Fur and was written by Emily White. More than half the essay gives a description of the fandom in general before it gets down to the business of discussing furry music. Though most of it is nothing new to furs (particularly regular attendees at cons), it is nevertheless an interesting and positive view of the fandom.
Furry programming at the Worldcon
Posted by Fred on Sun 28 Jul 2002 - 10:27ConJosé, the 2002 World Science Fiction Convention in San Jose, Calif. on Thursday, August 29 - Monday, September 2, has just announced its five-day program schedule.
Click Read more to see the schedule, which includes several furry events.
Furry Party scheduled at ConJose
Posted by darrelx on Mon 29 Jul 2002 - 20:14The ConFurence Group is planning a Furry Party for Friday Night, August 30th at ConJose's host hotel, the Fairmont Hotel San Jose (170 S. Market Street)
Exact times and the room number will be announced as soon as they are known. Look for fliers at the convention.
It's also possible that ConJose will be enforcing convention memberships on the Party Floors of the hotel... Keep that in mind.
Darrel L. Exline
The ConFurence Group
Midwest FurFest July Newsletter
Posted by Aureth on Mon 29 Jul 2002 - 20:20Greetings to all! Can you believe that Midwest FurFest 2002 is only 4 months away?! Our ConCom is well aware of this, and if you look closely, I think you can probably see our hair going grey right in front of your very eyes!
Conifur artshow update
Posted by Shandower on Tue 30 Jul 2002 - 20:10This is the announcement I just sent to the Conifur Artshow announcement list regarding the recent questions about our hotel and such.
If you are interested in participating in our art show, please send an email to [email protected] to request a packet. Don't forget your legal name and mailing address!
Furbuy under new management, looking for donations
Posted by Feren on Wed 31 Jul 2002 - 07:46Stopped by the FurBuy website lately? After a hiatus of over seven months (see Furbuy to cease operations..... again) and a tentative feeler in June, it looks like FurBuy -- the former competitor to reigning champion furry auctionhouse FurBid -- is making a bid to return. The FurBuy News Page is announcing that FurBuy is under new management and will be reopening soon. It's rather light on details about who will be taking over the operation, promising that "more information will be posted as it becomes available." The news page further goes on to ask users to support the site by donating to help renew the furbuy.com domain and offset costs.
AAE and Further Confusion Announce ConJose Anthropomorphic Events
Posted by Flint on Wed 31 Jul 2002 - 08:02Further Confusion and its parent organization, AAE, Inc. are sponsoring several anthropomorphic events at the upcoming World Science Fiction Convention (aka Worldcon), ConJose, in San Jose, California. Click Read More for the details.
Fossilized Australian megafauna
Posted by dronon on Wed 31 Jul 2002 - 12:36The fossilised remains of prehistoric giant lions and other mammoth creatures have been discovered in caves in Western Australia.
See the news article on the BBC web site.
CACE Programming Announcement
Posted by Atara on Wed 31 Jul 2002 - 12:43Less than three weeks to go until CACE! There are lots of reasons for you to attend CACE - for example, you can wield your powerful US dollar with impunity. (Canadian residents will be happy to hear that CACE will be accepting Canadian currency at par!) But if that's not reason enough, we have some excellent classes and programming lined up this year. Here is a sample to whet your appetite.