FeedBearotic Favorites From 2009, Part 1
Written by NetBear on January 1, 2010 – 4:09 pm -
It was an early sign in 2009. These Zombies Ahead hackcidents seemed to set the tone for the year. There would be some winners and some losers. But there would also be some snoozers.
Coraline showed us a 3D world of wonder made with old school charm. Little did we know that Avatar would soon introduce us to the uber high-tech version.
Colton Ford let us look under his covers. There’s always some eye candy to be had when Colton is involved. But the critics weren’t as enamored with his album of cover songs.
Film star turned grizzly bearded musician Joaquin Phoenix hit new highs and new lows. But we’re not entirely sure which incidents were which. An Absolutely Fabulous remake turns out to be absolutely horrible.
Obama-mania officially took over the nation. Everyone got their Obamicon done while one little HUGE gray hat caused a fashion storm. At Obama’s inauguration the new commander-in-chief broadcast the unifying message that We Are One. But the bad economy became a major challenge for the new world leader, though it turned out to be good for beards.
The popular Bearracuda events took off and brought the party to wild life in other cities across the United States. Bear Party took the big and furry guys from world-distributed magazine to live events and contests. Blowoff went from east coast phenomenon to west coast favorite, inspiring half of the group to move to foggy San Francisco.
The ABBA chicks denied the cat fights. But there was no denying that the Grizzly Jack from Lost set some bear hearts aflutter. We want to see Jack meet himself, like Jonathan Frakes in the Riker’s Beard video.
The Beard Song showed us that eating soup can be fun. But just don’t have as much fun as Sordid Lives or you’ll invoke the wrath of the religious right.
See what else made 2009 a Bearotic year to remember…
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Chia Obama — Hail to the CH CH CH Chief
Written by NetBear on July 21, 2009 – 5:37 am -While watching TV recently I had one of those “now I’ve seen everything” moments. Now I was expecting the commemorative coins, plates and even statues. But never in my wildest dreams was I expecting to see Chia Obama!
Your Chia Obama is a symbol of Liberty, Opportunity, Prosperity and Hope.
Gaaaah!! No, no, noooo!! It can’t be. But, yes, Chia Obama is available in two different poses: The Happy Chia Obama and The Determined Chia Obama. Can you grow one? Yes you can!
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Obama Goes Vulcan To Rescue Read Matter
Written by NetBear on May 12, 2009 – 11:50 am -Instead of swooping in to rescue the world from red matter, as Spock does in J. J. Abrams’s dazzling Star Trek, is President Obama going “Spock” to rescue read matter for the world?
Newspapers have become an “endangered species,” just as the Vulcans are in the new prequel. And Barack Spock likes his reads. An aide said during the presidential campaign that Mr. Obama would get cranky if he didn’t have some time set aside for The New York Times.
Read more at… The New York Times. See!? It’s already working. Soon The Times might be a gay owned paper anyways.
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Wanda Sykes Rips Washington A New One
Written by NetBear on May 10, 2009 – 7:20 pm -One of our favorite comedians, Wanda Sykes, did a smack-down performance at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner last night. Unlike most of the people in the room, she wasn’t afraid to poke fun at some of the taboo topics of the beltway; like race, “Bush broke a lot of stuff” and the president’s nipples.
Sykes has become the first African-American women and the first openly gay person to ever perform jokes at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. But some of the sensitive politicos are aghast that Sykes dared to skewer Rush Limbaugh for his saying he hopes this administration fails.
Watch Wanda shake-up Washington DC…
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Bear Tube: Obama’s Honeymoon, Cub Gets Abercrombied, Copy Machine, Wedding Dance
Written by NetBear on February 5, 2009 – 8:02 am - Uncle Jay explains what a honeymoon is, in the political sense, for President Obama and the United States.
See how a cute young, masculine, southern cub learns how to “act gay” during a visit to the San Francisco Abercrombie & Fitch. The horror of it all!
You never know who’s been using that copy machine for what these days. Especially when there’s a bear at the office. NSFW
Here’s a big guy knows how to cut some rug! A young couple does quite a dance number at their wedding.
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Get Your Obamicon On
Written by NetBear on January 26, 2009 – 3:11 pm -You’ve probably seen images all over the place in the style of Shepard Fairey’s iconic Obama poster. At Obamicon.me you can get in on the act too and express yourself as America heads into a new era.
Just take your picture with a webcam or upload a photo, choose your message and the site will do the rest.
Above we took a photo of a cute model named Steve and cranked it through the Obamicon engine. That’s one handsome Obamicon-ized bear!
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Gigapan Lets You Find George And Dick
Written by NetBear on January 26, 2009 – 11:31 am -It’s like Where’s Waldo. But with ex-president George W. Bush under the magnifying glass. This Gigapan image of the Obama Inauguration lets you zoom in and pan around in hires, just like Google Maps.
Try it out yourself. Can you find ex-president George W. Bush playing with a gadget (TV??) and ex-vice-president Dick Chaney sitting in a wheel chair with his Truman Capote hat on?
See Dubya kicking back at the inauguration with Chaney…
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More Of That Arethra Franklin Hat
Written by NetBear on January 22, 2009 – 10:15 am -See?? I wasn’t kidding. Arethra Franklin’s inauguration hat with the big sequined bow is bigger than Obama now!
Well, technically speaking the bow alone is probably as big as Obama. 
UPDATE: Even Ellen DeGeneres is getting into the act!
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GMCW Backs Josh Groban And Heather Headley At Obama We Are One Concert
Written by NetBear on January 22, 2009 – 9:11 am -Quite a few of you have been asking where you can watch the inspiring performance that the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC gave last Sunday at Barack Obama’s We Are One pre-inauguration show. Here ya go!
Flawless performance, don’t you think?
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Aretha Franklin’s Hat The Talk Of Inauguration
Written by NetBear on January 20, 2009 – 5:40 pm -With all the pomp and circumstance of the Obama Inauguration, what do you think would turn out to be the talk of the blogosphere and Facebook?
That’s right. Aretha Franklin’s hat took best of show at the Obama Inauguration. With a huge sequined bow across the top, to some it was a fashion trend-setter, to others a fashion faux pas.
We think that Aretha has earned the right to wear whatever the heck she wants. 
Watch the video of Aretha singing at the inauguration…
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GMCW Does Gay America Proud In Performance
Written by NetBear on January 19, 2009 – 1:56 pm -Though they didn’t receive a listing in the credits (backing musician’s don’t get listed), we’ve got to say that we’re proud of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC for their performance yesterday at We Are One.
Josh Groban and Heather Headley had a talented group of men backing-up their performance. And all of gay American got represented by GMCW at Barack Obama’s inauguration festivities.
See more photos of the chorus singing at We Are One…
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Robinson Invocation Cut From Obama’s We Are One
Written by NetBear on January 19, 2009 – 12:48 pm -You can visit HBO.com to watch yesterday’s We Are One concert. But something is missing from the program. Apparently Obama’s Presidential Inaugural Committee made the decision to to exclude the invocation by openly gay bishop Gene Robinson from being televised.
Then, in an updated statement, HBO said it was their fault, saying “It was not an HBO omission. We merely televised the show beginning at 2:30pm. Had the PIC told us upfront that this was to be part of the telecast, it would have been.”
HBO has also given PIC permission to post Rev. Robinson’s prayer on their website, but that has yet to surface. Regardless, we’ve got it here for you.
Many thanks to Sarah Pulliam for Christianity Today magazine for making this moment available to everyone via YouTube.
