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“Agent P” Rocks!

July 2, 2009

Perry the Platypus— Disney stuff is usually too mainstream and white breadish for me, but I have to love Perry the Platypus, pet of the title characters in the Disney Channel show, Phineas and Ferb. Unknown to his owners, Perry (aka “Agent P”) lives a parallel life as a secret agent for The Agency, a government organization of animal spies.  Pretending to be a mindless house pet, Perry is secretly a fedora-wearing secret agent who enjoys romance soap operas and potato chips.

While Perry’s exploits are secondary plots to those involving the human owners, it’s worth tuning in to see Perry thwart his evil nemesis, Dr. Doofenshmirtz.  This is usually fairly easy for Perry to do as his archenemy doesn’t even recognize the platypus unless he is wearing his trademark fedora; another stereotypic scientist portrayed as lacking rudimentary common sense <sighs>.

How many other platypus ‘toon characters can you name? — And perhaps the notion of leading a parallel life is all too familiar to those of us who are furry…

…I wonder if The Agency is hiring?

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The Late Great FurNation?

May 12, 2009

FurNation– – <sighs>–FurNation is leaving us, this time seriously and fur real, perhaps to return as just a forum.  One of the true giants of the furry spectrum, FurNation did it all, and as well as anyone ever has…perhaps its reach exceeded its grasp, but it was a long and glorious ride!

There’s no magic to the impending end of FurNation…it has to do with money, as sadly does almost everything in this life.  It’s well to remember that nothing lasts forever…not even the rocks and stones themselves!  It’s also well to remember that ultimately, the things that made FurNation such a rare and awesome place continue to exist within us all, and will find voice and expression in a thousand different locations, in smaller but needy websites that need only your participation to make them special and uniquely your own. With each ending comes a new beginning, and there is only ultimately reconfiguration…for what is there is also here, and what is here is also there.

So be alert, be active, and be around…the possibilities are only limited by your imaginations…

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“Wolverine” Is Coming!

March 30, 2009

wolverine–On May 1st,  X-Men Origins: Wolverine will open in the U.S., with Hugh Jackman in the title role.  Because of his furry nature, Wolverine is a fave of mine, and Jackman portrayed him well in the previous three X-Men movies.

The film is a prequel that will be set roughly 20 years before the initial X-Men flick, and will focus on Wolverine’s violent and rather dark past; this will include his involvement with Sabretooth and the Weapon X program.  Jackman, who felt that Wolverine had kind of mellowed in his last outing, wanted to portray the character as we first met him in Wolverine’s cage match in the initial X-Men flick.  To prepare for the role, Jackman underwent a  weight training and cardio program, and engaged in high-intensity work- outs in character, making noises while exercising!

Hugh Jackman also gave a rousing performance as vampire and supernatural creature hunter Gabriel Van Helsing in the film Van Helsing. –His upcoming flick should be a hoot!

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Eugene the Jeep

March 8, 2009

the-jeep–Eugene the Jeep is a bizarre cartoon animal living in our three-dimensional world who really belongs to a fourth-dimensional world.  He is loosely described as being “a magical dog (who) can disappear and things.”  His cells were forced through the dimensional barrier into our world, where they combined with free life cells of the African Hooey Hound.

The Jeep is a yellow creature about the size of a dog who walks on his hind legs, has a bear-like head and ears with a large nose, long tail, and protruding stomach.   Moreover, his diet consists only of orchids.  The Jeep has high intelligence and employs a limited form of teleportation as a function of his fourth dimensional genes and origin,  yet communicates largely through body language.  He can walk through and on walls and ceilings.

No, I haven’t been drinking or ingesting controlled substances.  And what is remarkable is that this far-out animal creation appeared in some Popeye the Sailor cartoons from the 1930’s!  Truly a creation decades ahead of his time…

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“Tundra” a Winner!

February 3, 2009

tundra–Chad Carpenter’s comic strip Tundra has been around since late 1991, but has just recently found publication in newspapers in my area.  The comic usually deals with wildlife, nature, and outdoor life, and was named best newpaper panel of 2007 by the National Cartoonists Society, also receiving the Reuben Award in 2008.

One of the fastest growing comic strips on the planet, Tundra is written and drawn by Carpenter, who hails from Wasilla, Alaska.  Wolves,  bears, caribou, and snowmen may be seen in the strip, which has grown from publication in seven newspapers to around 200.  The strip’s humor is universal rather than specifically Alaskan, and its creator actually encourages readers to send in ideas, crediting them if the idea is used.

Check out Tundra if you haven’t already done so; you’ll be hooked!

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The Passion of Punxsutawney Phil

February 2, 2009

philThe Passion of Punxsutawney Phil
(A micro-story re:  Groundhog Day)

–Each February 2nd, thousands of people descend on Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, a small town of approximately 6,100 people located about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh to celebrate what had essentially been a German superstition.  The tradition is that if a hibernating animal sees a shadow on February 2nd (the Christian holiday of Candlemas), winter will last another six weeks.  If no shadow is seen, legend says spring will come early.

But understandably, Punxsutawney Phil had grown weary of being torn every year from his sound slumber in a warm burrow.  He accordingly decided that when the top-hat and tuxedo-wearing businessmen of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Inner Circle came to carry out the tradition, they would  meet with a little surprise…

Punxsutawney Phil had a friend (a mole, literally and figuratively) who was sympathetic to the groundhog’s plight.  Burrowing through the highest and most secretive branches of government, the mole had accessed some papers which the government had seized from Nikola Tesla following the death of the brilliant but eccentric inventor, engineer, and physicist in 1943,  fearing that such information might prove dangerous should it fall into the hands of the Nazis.  Many years ahead of his time, Tesla had developed among other things alternating current, remote control, the induction motor, and plans for the wireless global transmission of electrical power.   Tesla helped shape and define the 20th century, but died with little money and largely unrecognized for his contributions.

The groundhog had considerable time to pour over the papers and theories of the controversial inventor, and found them intriguing; he was even able to develop working prototypes of several devices.  And so it was when Punxsutawney Phil was again rudely dragged from his burrow and deployed a particle beam weapon, his tormentors truly never knew what hit them…

(–Happy Groundhog Day!)

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Looney Tunes

January 8, 2009

elmer_fudd_bugs_bunnyQ:–What is a wok?

A:–It’s something that you throw at a wabbit!

If you are like me, your early development as a  furry can be traced to, or is indebted to cartoons that you watched as a cub or kit, especially things like Looney Tunes. These classics were way ahead of their time, and for the most part have aged well.–Bravo, Bugs Bunny!

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The Monster of Whitehall

January 1, 2009

sasquatch–Whitehall, New York has a history of sightings of Bigfoot-like creatures extending from Indian lore to as recently as 2006. This small town on the eastern edge of New York’s Adirondack Mountain Preserve has long been consider a “hotbed” of  Eastern North American Bigfoot activity.  As described by MonsterQuest, the Monster of Whitehall is a sasquatch-like creature that stands up to eight feet tall, and makes a sound like a  woman screaming.  Several police officers reported a Bigfoot sighting in 1976, and the original officers have recently passed polygraph tests.

Sasquatch field researchers tend to be a motley collection of paranormal buffs, mystery chasers, do-it-yourself  data collectors, and the occasional hard scientist.  But if you’re planning a Bigfoot hunting expedition in Whitehall,  you’re out of luck as the village board has approved a resolution that makes it illegal to hunt the elusive creature…

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Transformation…

November 6, 2008

animal-transformations–Transformation or “TF” for short, is something near and dear to many of us furries, something devoutly to be wished. It’s often a synonym for metamorphosis and shapeshifting, and can be physical, mental, or some kind of weird “other” state. Physical transformation is the act of modifying one’s body to resemble one’s fursona. Very simple forms of physical transformation are currently available through plastic surgery, such as giving someone a forked tongue, horns or muzzles grown with coral implants, the ears stretched out, or even the throat modified to produce purring sounds.  These changes are expensive, artificial, and sometimes require anti-rejection drugs.

Most furs who desire physical transformation see current technological methods as insufficient, and look to future technologies involving genetic engineering, stem cell organ growth, and chimerazation.  Through genetic engineering, a combination of the individual’s DNA and that of the desired animal traits could be generated in the lab.  Core organs such as brain, heart, kidneys, etc. would never have to change, while external organs such as claws, skin, tails, etc. could be grown, with the new amalgamated DNA introduced to the subject as a new native DNA sequence.

Don’t plan on getting your new tail any time soon, though.  Even were the technology developed and approved for use on humans, the estimated cost of a transformation per individual could run as high as twenty million dollars…damn!

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You Big, Hairy Ape!

September 11, 2008

–Of cryptids there is conjecture, but Gigantopithecus really existed!  An extinct species of ape, Gigantopithecus made the scene from roughly a million years ago to perhaps as recently as 300,000 years ago…and some would say that he’s still out there kicking. Gigantopithecus hung out in ancient China, India, and Vietnam, some say even making it to North America via a land bridge. He existed in the same time frame and location as several hominid species, and is thought to have stood up to 10 feet tall, weighing up to 1,200 pounds.

Gigantopithecus remains in the form of molars were found in 1935 in a Chinese apothecary shop, where fossilized teeth and bones (termed dragon bones) were often ground into powder and consumed in some branches of traditional Chinese folk medicine; good for what ails ‘ya! Several jawbones and over 1,000 teeth have been recovered.

MonsterQuest has profiled Gigantopithecus, reviewing accounts of those who have witnessed “really big apes,” one of which in a merry sport is reported to have thrown pinecones at a guy for 45 minutes; gotta love the big ape!  By the reckoning of some, Bigfoot may be a relative of Gigantopithecus that has endured into the present day…

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