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December 2005
Thought
I'd update my site whilst my girlfriend and daughter
are still asleep. Today is the first day of Chanukah,
so happy Chanukah to anyone celebrating it. I'm
looking forward to some potato latkes with jelly
baby syrup, yummy yum yum.
Well
they say fame has its price and I found that one
out the hard way. My good lady Tea read in the
article in the Borehamwood Times that we have
an open relationship. This was the first she knew
of it and she was distraught to find out by its
having been made public in print. It said in the
local rag that we are married, that was a mistake,
Tea is my girlfriend, I am not married.
Click the link to see the set of 66 photos taken
for the article in the
Borehamwood
Times It will take you to the photo sales
page you can view or buy photos here from the
paper then type in Bearsac in the search box.
Although our Christmas was marred by Tea's anger
and distraught I think she will forgive me when
I propose to her. The article made me realise
I really should marry her and also play a fuller
role in the life of my daughter Teasac. It will
be a big step for a bear about town like me but
they are worth it.
Despite
the emotion of the last few days we had a reasonable
Christmas Day yesterday. Quality time with daughter
Teasac and time together with all Debra's teddies
singing teddy bear Christmas carols. Christmas
meal was served after the MP for teddy bears speech.
(I was commended for my teddy bear campaigning
work)
The
teddy bear menu was as follows
Avocado
stuffed with savory jelly baby puree and pickled
herring
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Roasted salmon marinated in sap from the jelly
baby tree Stuffed with jelly baby tree leaves
· Honey coated roast potatoes · Wild asparagus
from the woods on Bearsac's island · Pomegranate
molasses gravy
Christmas
pudding with hot marmalade sauce
Jelly
baby wine
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December 2005
Me and Debra in the Borehamwood Times
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23
December 2005
Yippeeeeeee!
I am in my local rag, the Borehamwood
Times.
They emailed us as they wanted to interview us.
I must say that I think it is about time too.
In the 6 years we have lived in Borehamwood, I
like to think I have become part of the community,
even if I am a teddy bear.
I am sure there will be mixed feelings to my presence
in the local rag, but whatever anyone else feels,
I am a dead chuffed teddy bear. Thank you to Louisa
who did the article and Peter who took the photograph.
Newspaper
articles can only say so much so I thought we
could use my bit of cyber space to say a bit more.
One thing that Debra gets asked is "Why do
you do it"? I will pass over to her to explain.
I
feel that I was destined to get Bearsac.
For August bank holiday weekend in 1997 a friend
and myself had planned to go to Paris but there
was no accommodation in our price range. We then
decided to go to Brussels, same problem. We ended
up elsewhere in Belgium and on our return day
I spotted Bearsac and just had to buy him. He
is the best thing I have ever bought even if not
the most expensive. I realise now that I was meant
to go to that part of Belgium and not Paris, I
was meant to find Bearsac.
Bearsac
took a while to find his voice after I brought
him back to England; but it was as a result of
so many people spotting him with me in public
and their asking me 'Does he speak' that he found
it.
I found it entertaining, and still do, to see
the reactions we get from people. I am interested
in human behavior and Bearsac comes in very handy
for producing material for my research. Who knows,
maybe I'll write a book on human behavior one
day - You have been warned! I did start writing
stories about Bearsac, with the intention of doing
a book of short stories. (Don't know if I will
ever get around to it). Part of writing is building
characters, and animating Bearsac as I do, helps
in building him, as do the reactions we get.
I'm quite a cheery person and like to share this
with people. I like to see people smile rather
than look miserable and it's great when someone
gets on the bus or train miserable and get off
smiling because of Bearsac. It's my way of spreading
a little happiness. Of course it doesn't help
all people and some get quite annoyed! If people
ask me politely to stop talking to them, then
we do, but if they are rude we do it all the more.
Eccentric people deserve respect too and I give
as I receive.
I am not really crazy, as some people assume.
It takes some intelligence to look further than
the surface, so be honest with yourself if you
are one of the people that assume, without consideration,
that I'm crazy. Ask yourself 'Have I looked deeply
enough before I judge, and ask what is it about
yourself that you might be insecure about that
you need to look down on someone else to feel
better about yourself'?
It
always makes me laugh when people feign indifference
to the Bearsac thing but then go out of their
way to tell me what their negative thoughts are.
If they are genuinely not interested they why
bother, why not just ignore me and get on with
their lives!
I
do think insecurity is behind a lot of these peoples
motives so I often send out positive energy in
thought form to them, even where I have had a
go back at them and then feel nasty for doing
so.
What
may be another reason for the thing with Bearsac
is that it is connected to my having Aspergers
syndrome. Earlier in the year Bearsac mentioned
that we thought I had AS. I have since been officially
diagnosed.
To read a bit more about Asperger's
syndrome click the link, but I will say here
enough to make the connection to Bearsac.
Aspegians,
or people with Aspergers syndrome often have hobbies
or behavior's other people find odd. I get bored
of conventional hobbies and Bearsac has developed
into a self made hobby that I spend a lot of time
doing. It is more than just entertaining myself
and others by having him talk to people; if you
have seen this website for the first time you
will see that.
As I said, I started writing stories about Bearsac,
with the intention of doing a book of short stories.
My boyfriend suggested I have a website and I
thought it was a great idea as it could be a good
marketing tool for the book. I designed on paper
how I wanted it to look and did all the files
and Alan turned it into a website under my design.
He was a little upset to have his skills go to
waste in the simplicity of the design, but I wanted
it that way and didn't want it moving about as
it is so distracting. I know now that the distraction
I suffer from animation is sensory overload which
can often be part of Aspergers syndrome.
I
have since learnt how to use Dreamweaver and now
do the website myself. The whole Bearsac thing
has become a preoccupation which is a common thing
to have with AS.
I
love my self made hobby and as yet, have no intention
of giving it up. If you are annoyed by it then
please be DIRECT but POLITE and let me know.
As part of Aspergers I have difficulty recognising
people by their face, so this can mean that where
people have previously asked me to stop and they
have claimed 'Politely so', and I have done it
another time; that I don't remember them doing
so as I don't recognise them. Some people think
that people that are different don't deserve equal
respect. This means that when they think they
are being polite to me that really they are only
being polite in a small way that they think is
enough for someone like me. They would know it
is not appropriately polite enough for other people
but think it is appropriate for me. If this is
how I feel they are being, then I won't accept
it on principle.
Often
Bearsac asks if people have seen him, spoken to
him or been on his website before. People might
be upset that we don't remember them. This is
due to the problem I speak of and not because
they are not important enough to remember. It
is often that I only recognise people when they
do something, say something or make a facial expression
that is distinctive of them that I recognise them;
so if it seems as if I have forgotten you that
will be why.
I recognise clothing and accessories that people
wear often and I recognise people by the way they
hold themselves and move. It is just that the
part of the brain that deals with face recognition
is not too developed in me. If I see you out of
context and I might not recognise you even where
I usually do in context. I recognise couples more
easily and can fail to recognise a person from
a couple or group if they are alone. So If I seem
to be staring or looking puzzled I am just trying
to work who you are or if you are friend or foe
of Bearsac.
We
would both like to wish everyone celebrating them,
a happy Christmas and Chunukah. Have fun. x x
x x x
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Paddy's Wigwam
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Ferry cross the Mersey
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11
December 2005
Friday
/ Saturday was spent in Liverpool as I had to attend the
AGM of the Mersey Bears. The meeting went well but I cannot
tell humans about it. My 2nd trip to Liverpool was not
all work though, I got a chance to look around the city
and had a freezing cold ride across the Mersey on a famous
Mersey ferry. I also paid a visit to a Roman Catholic
Cathedral which is known by the locals as Paddy's Wigwam.
Constructed between 1962 & 1967, it looks like a wigwam
from outside. Inside it's beautiful and very quiet, spent
quite a while just chilling. Talking to an Irish man that
is a regular there, I found that most of the Irish that
attend do not take offense by the nickname.
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8
December 2005
Debra
and I were sitting on a bench day dreaming when we were
distracted by a whooshing sound. We looked up to see a
man speed past behind us in his electric wheelchair. We
realised it was Paul Henshall from Holby City who plays
Dean, a Student Doctor. He came back past a few mins later
and we got him to stop. He seems very nice and a photo
of him holding me is in the Bearsac
Meets Celebrities page. Thanks Paul.
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Me with my Westminster sticker for meeting in House
of Lords
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6
December 2005
Debra
was to attend a meeting to do with disability for her
work today in one of the House of Lords committee rooms.
By some amazingly huge coincidence I also had to attend
a meeting there too about the rights of teddy bears to
have state financed teddy bears picnics once a year. We
arrived early for our meetings and were allowed into the
committee room where the meeting Debra was to attend hers
early. There was another meeting still in progress which
the doorman assumed we were waiting to attend. This meeting
was about Plant Breeders Rights and we learnt that King
Edward, Maris Piper and Desiree potatoes are not covered
by Plant Breeders Rights. I say that's just not fair,
surely all potoatoes should have rights not just the newer
variety of spud. However, It gave me a few ideas about
rights for jelly baby tree breeders and their rights,
so I will fill in my Management Committee at our next
meeting. The meeting Debra was to attend with her colleagues
was canceled so she just took notes for me in my meeting.
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27
November 2005
Been
busy the last few days. Debra had to stay at the Hammersmith
Novatel Hotel for a conference over 3 days; so, unable
to sleep without a cuddle size teddy she took Hugo as
Choc-Ice thought it would be nice for Hugo to go for a
change. Of course I went too but was confined to the bedroom
as it was not appropriate for me to be at the conference
(I call that anti-teddy bear). Debra did sneak us up an
oyster and a langoustine and some other bits from the
the buffet lunch, which she said was very good for a chain
hotel.
From
Hammersmith we traveled to Sunderland
for the wedding of friends Ellen and Kevin the next day.
Our B&B room had a sea view even if it did not have
the luxury of the hotel we had come from.
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Cold on the beach in Roker, Sunderland
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Me
and Hugo outside Spotty's cave by Roker Park
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On
Saturday morning we paid a visit to Roker Park (Not the
old football ground). There were barred off entrances
to cave once lived in by a tramp called spotty; us two
bears had our photo taken outside it and by the sea too.
It was cold and fresh and we had a short rainfree spell
with sunshine.

The happy couple Kevin & Ellen (Kevin
with eyes closed!)
The
wedding and reception were at The
National Glass Centre which has a pod for ceremonies,
but it only big enough for families so the rest of us
had a look around the centre which is free to visit. The
wedding dinner had a northern theme of northsea fish,
chips and mushy peas and the dress code for the wedding
was Moulin Rouge. Both bride and groom looked very nice,
Ellen's brides dress was the nicest we had seen; she arrived
in a lorry with ribbons on it.
The
dancing was fun and Debra's boss (Also Ellen and Kevin's)
almost stripped on the dance floor! It was nice to see
him let his hair down and I had a little boogie with him.
We
both met a few new people and saw again others previously
met. Some of the people at the wedding are on my Bearsac
Meets The Public page.
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November 2005

Can you spot me having
fun at INTECH
Debra
had to attend a conference in Winchester today. The venue
for the conference was INTECH
The Family Science Centre; it is a fun place for conference
if ever you need to hold one in Winchester and is a great
for kids of all ages. At lunch time we had a look around
the centre and both found out how things work by playing
around and having a jolly good time. I met lots of people
here and on the train too. I met a nice young man called
Alan and a teddy bear he had bought for his mum; he did
not have a name yet so is currently going by Canada Bear
until he gets a proper name from his owner to be. You
will find them both in my
Bearsac Meets The Public
Page and the Guest Bear page.
We also met a nice lady with another teddy bear but only
the teddy, called Flut wanted to be in the photo so it
is in the Guest Bear page
too along with Canada Bear.
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November 2005

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5
November 2005
This
evening I went to a teddy bear Guy Fawlks night, and No,
that doesn't mean a teddy bear was used as a Guy and placed
on the bonfire! The fireworks were really cool, apart
from the bangers which nearly scared the stuffing out
of my fur. I had to eat lots of toffee apples to calm
myself down but all it's done is make me feel as sick
as a parrot and I had to come home early.
Today
would have been the wedding anniversary of Debra's parents
had they still been alive, and is also the anniversary
of when both thier ashes were scattered; so please have
Debra and her brother David in your thoughts.
Yeahhhhhh,
Arsenal are higher than spurs! it's been shameful and
degrading being below them.
There
is a 14th problem in my teddy
bear problem page.
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1
November 2005
Wishing
all the best to Hindus and Sikhs celebrating Divali today,
Happy New Year to you. All the best too to Christians
celebrating All Saints Day. Also good luck to any Rastafarians
celebrating the anniversary of the crowning of Selassie
tomorrow.
There
is a 13th problem in my teddy
bear problem page.
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27
October 2005
I
met Actress Linda Hayden tonight, she was lovely and is
the latest in my Bearsac Meets
Celebrities page. Also tonight I met two men at Kentish
Town Stn who are photographed with me in my Bearsac
Meets The Public page.
I
want to say lots and lots of hellos to lots of people
that I met today around London and on the Thameslink and
at Borehamwood stn tonight. Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello
Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello
Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello. Especially
to everyone that photographed and filmed me today. x x
x x x x
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October 2005
I
just got word that Gary Numan has just had baby number
2, well not literally him himself but his wife Gemma.
Persia was born yesterday morning at 6.24 weighing 8lbs
7ozs ouch!
I'd
like to wish Persia, Gemma, Gary and their other daughter
Raven all the best.
I'm
sure Gary is busy running round doing all the Daddy stuff
at the mo and too busy to put a photo on his site just
yet but check his site soon if you want to see as I'm
sure he will have one up there soon. http://www.numan.co.uk/index.html
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October 2005
I
am a teddy bear with a very naughty fan out there somewhere
who has both flattered and angered me. This someone has
stolen a Bearsac T-shirt from off someone's washing line.
It is flattering that they considered a Bearsac T-shirt
a worthy steal but I am also angry that someone would
do such a thing. NAUGHTY HUMAN. The person that had the
said Bearsac T-shirt stolen has just bought another today,
so thanks to him (I won't embarrass him by saying who).
If
you want to buy a Bearsac T-shirt go to the shop.
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Me by
the Radio City Tower - Liverpool
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15
October 2005
Today
we were up in Liverpool as Debra had to go up there with
her work. She had free time and we spent it by taking
a trip over to Birkenhead to take photos of her Grans
old house which held memories for her. We chatted to a
lovely lady called Ella who lived opposite and was friendly
with Debra's Gran (who is dead now). The owners of the
house soon turned up and Debra said who she was and asked
if we could have a look inside. The nice lady of the house
said yes. It had been modernised but was very nice, it
still had the Aga in the kitchen but the outside toilets
had been knocked down; there was an inside toilet in her
Grans day but also outside too. Deb said how all the rooms
seemed so much smaller than when she was a kid, I guess
as I will never grow any bigger I will only be able to
have the perception of room size I currently have so won't
see the difference. It was very nice of the lady to let
us in, thank you. Thank you to Ella too and the two men
at Birkenhead Park stn for their assistance in finding
the road from the station.
Hi
to the cool kids at Pier Head in Liverpool, Everyone I
met at the Derby Lodge, everyone I met today on trains
in Birkenhead, Liverpool and London - Hertfordshire. There
is a new photo in my Bearsac
meets the public page.
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October 2005
Thank
you very much Tony for alerting me by email to the fact
that newscaster Rizla Teeth is actually called Riz Lateef.
I can't help being a tiny bit disappointed by this as
when I thought she was called Rizla I always thought of
my teddy mate called Rizla when I heard her name on the
news. I still love her though and want to meet her and
give her a bear hug. At least now I have the right name
and spelling I have found photos of her on the net; but
as they are all copyrighted I will not be putting one
up on this site unless I get to meet her one day....Oh
happy day.
There
is now a 12th problem on my Teddy
Bear Problem page.
There
is also another teddy bear looking for a dating partner
on the
Teddy Bear Dating page.
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October 2005
I
have now entered beautiful Polly, younger sister
of beautiful Ellen, on my Bearsac
Meets The Public page. The photo was taken
on 24th September so it is not at the top as I
am keeping them in date order.
Can
anyone tell me - Is the BBC1 newscaster that sounds
as though she is called Rizla Teeth actually called
that and is that the right spelling? I am madly
in love with her so hope I am getting her name
right. I wonder if she likes teddy bears. Rizla
Teeth even looks like my old teddy bear mate called
Rizla. Rizla Teeth has the same soft brown eyes
and soft face as Rizla the teddy and the area
around her eyes echos the shape of Rizla's, it's
uncanny. Rizla (named years ago and not in connection
to my love of Rizla Teeth) belonged to Alan until
Debra took him to Italy to photograph him as a
surprise for Alan but lost him. I miss Rizla but
I like to think he is well and happy in Sorrento
and speaking fluent Italian by now.
I know the BBC sometimes come on my website so
if anyone at the BBC read this and know about
Rizla Teeth then let her know that I would really
like to be photographed with her for my Bearsac
Meets Celebrities page. Sorry if I have got her
name or spelling of her name wrong.
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October 2005
There
is another person on my Bearsac
Meets The Public page. I met the Lovely Kelly
in Borehamwood this afternoon, she said her friend
angela met me coming back from Amsterdam, what
a small world. Hello to both of you and Angela
if you see me again you are welcome to be photographed
with me.
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October 2005
Today
is a very holy day, as there are at least 3 religions
which have something going on or starting today
and I'd like to wish my best regards for them
all and any others I'm unaware of.
The
Hindu festival of Navaratri symbolises
the triumph of good over evil.
For Muslims it is the start of Ramadan
and the Fast of Ramadan which lasts the whole
month (from dawn to sunset). Ramadan is a time
of worship and contemplation.
It is also the Jewish New Year - Rosh Hashanah.
Rosh Hashanah is a time to begin introspection,
looking back at the naughty things we have done
over the past year and planning good changes to
make in the new year. As a nice Jewish teddy bear
I have just had some apple dipped in honey for
a sweet and good new year. Rosh Hashanah commemorates
the anniversary of Creation it is when G-d is
said open the Book of Life and observe his creatures,
deciding their fate for the coming year. (I wonder
if that includes teddy bears, but I rather like
to think my fate is in my own paws - or at the
very least in Debra's hands).
My
latest news is last night I met some actors at
The Old Vic Theater who took part on Richard The
II.
I met Kevin Spacey who played King Richard.
I also met Sidney Livingstone and Ben Miles who
were both nice despite being very tired and no
doubt stressed. See them all in my Bearsac
Meets Celebrities page.
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September 2005
If
you shop in Borehamwood's branch of Tesco and
will be there by 6pm today be sure to have a free
nibble of some McLalland "Seriously Strong
Cheddar" cheese, it's Seriously Yummy Yum
Yum. Debra and I eat this cheese quite a lot,
so go buy some. There was a lovely lady and three
lovely young men at the stand outside Tesco and
I borrowed thier loud hailer to give my website
and their cheese a bit of a plug. Hi to you all
especially Jason who is the latest person on my
Bearsac Meets
The Public page. See the Seriously Strong
Cheddar website
http://www.seriouslystrong.co.uk/
Campaign
News Update
My
teddy bear campaigning organisation has just had
its AGM, but don't believe any rumors you hear
about an incident at the dinner dance that took
place afterwards, it wasn't me.
I can now feedback to you on the campaigns we
have been running and their status.
Campaign
For Honey For All Teddy Bears has gone well
in other countries but has not fared well in the
UK. This is because of the Bee Keepers strike
that continues since their union won the right
to strike if a keeper gets stung.
The Government have further stung this campaign
by their refusal to fund importing of honey from
outside the UK to meet the needs of teddy bears
in the UK.
Campaign
Free Your Teddy has done very well; I have
been inundated with emails and texts from freed
teddies and also from owners who have refound
their childhood teddies in response to this campaign.
Campaign
Name Your Teddy has had success too; however,
there has been a sharp rise to the already popular
use of the names Teddy and Ted.
Campaign
To Go Bare Eared This has been a success with
girl teddies already in existence, they have dumped
the unwanted bows and ribbons that they were made
with and feel liberated. However, the campaign
has not gone so well with newly made girl teddy
bears. The previously stated objection from teddy
bear manufactures still exists; they say because
of the pressure to make more girl teddy bears
they have to put bows on their ears to distinguish
them as girl teddy bears in order that the authorities
do not take them as boys and issue fines for not
meeting quota requirements for girl teddy bears.
The
Campaign for More Girl Teddy Bears may have
meant trouble for Campaign To Go Bare Eared but
it has also found trouble itself. The campaign,
which has resulted in the increase of girl teddy
bears from just 5% of the teddy bear population
to the current 23%, is slowing down at great speed.
Teddy bears of both genders have voiced and demonstrated
concern over the worry that in order to raise
the amount of girl teddy bears for reasons of
equality, 90% of new teddy bears being made are
now girls.
Realisation has struck the teddy bear community
that this will result in a lot of issues in the
near future and that in some cases it already
has.
The main concern is that there will a generation
where there is a shortage of boy teddy bears (just
as there has in history of girl teddy bears),
but because girl teddy bears prefer their male
teddy to be older than they are this will have
a deep effect for the boy teddy bears that are
being made within this generation. They will have
a lot of girl teddy bears their age that are not
interested in them and of course the older girl
teddies will have even less interest in them too.
The lack of boy teddy bears and overmass of girl
teddies of the new generation will also cause
a lot of other problems too many to mention. So
it's back to the drawing board on this campaign
as we still need to have gender equality within
the teddy bear community but do not want to over
compensate and stab ourselves in the foot paw.
If
you are not familiar with these campaigns nor
of teddy bears self advocacy, then please see
my Teddy Bear Self
Advocay and Camapigning Page
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September 2005
We
just got in from a hen party. Debra's friend Ellen
- who is marrying Kevin in November - had her
hen night and I was invited too even though I'm
a boy. The only catch was that I had to dress
as a bride. I'm not normally a cross dressing
teddy bear but it was the dress code for the party.
Ellen is the one being carried in the photo and
if you look toward the right side you will see
me and Debra also dressed as brides.
We
pub crawled around East Croydon where Debra won
the competition to see who could hold the most
marshmallows in their mouth, she got 12 in. My
favorite part of the evening was when Ellen was
presented with a bra which had fruit polos sewn
onto it; she had to get different men to eat the
polos off of it.
I met a rather nice inflatable sheep in a bar/club
and we made ourselves acquainted. Hi to the people
with the sheep. Hi also to the people on the trains
on the way home. I was spotted on the train by
a couple who were standing on the platform at
Clapham Jnt stn soon after I had told the passengers
I am famous, so that cleared up any doubt in their
mind, so thanks to the couple.
Wednesday
and Thursday was spent in Telford like the same
time last month, as Debra had to work there again
at a forum in the Holiday Inn. Dinner there was
nice as it was last time but lunch on the Thursday
was disappointing and more in line to chain hotel
average cooking, there was most likely a different
set of chefs. The staff is nice and helpful though.
I
was spoilt by a visit to Telford's chain of The
Bear Factory where Debra bought me 2 shirts, a
hoody sweatshirt and a minidisc. We then had a
walk around Town Park where we both had a go on
the large twirly tunnel slide.

Once
back in London we had a stroll around and came
by the new statue in Trafalgar Square of artist
Alison Lapper by artist Marc Quinn. The statue
is 12ft and made from marble but looked more like
it was made from moulded plastic. I can understand
why Alison Lapper called it a "modern tribute
to femininity, disability and motherhood". I feel
that in current times human society still needs
to make an effort to include disabled humans equally
and also to see their beauty and that of pregnant
woman and to see woman on the whole as powerful.
However, I think human society has some way to
go before they evolve to the same level as teddy
bears that feel no need to make an issue of diversity,
as there is no discrimination or prejudice within
the teddy bear society. We love diversity but
it is not an issue.
Now
I have seen it in the flesh I think the statue
is artistically quite plain, not because of the
subject but because of the too perfect white plastic
look. The stone plinth on which it stands is more
beautiful because it is not perfect and unblemished.
I think if the statue were to be left in place
for a decade or two it would maybe become artistically
beautiful by being weathered and that maybe by
that time it will be simply seen as a work of
art and not a statement which should not be needed
to be stated as diversity, by then, might be accepted
without effort.
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18
September 2005
Happy
35th birthday to Debra's brother David who is
35 today.
I
have have an 11th problem on my teddy
bear problem page which can be reached via
the link or by clicking on the trees then Agony
Uncle on the sign post.
You may need to click refresh if you don't see
problem 11.
I
now have links to the websites of some other cool
teddy bears at the bottom of my Guest
Bear page
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15
September 2005
Just
updated my Bearsac
meets the public page with 2 lovely ladies
I met on the Thameslink. Hi ladies x x
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14
September 2005
We
have just updated my Amsterdam page. If you have
not read my Amsterdam page before click Amsterdam
If
you have and want to read about my recent 3rd
trip click here
3rd trip to Amsterdam which is roughly 1/2
way down the Amsterdam page.
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13
September 2005
Got
back about an hour ago from my 3rd trip to Amsterdam.
The reason we went a 3rd time is because Alan
is scared of flying and needs short flights to
practice so he can slowly get over his fear. However,
when we got to Borehamwood station he chickened
out. There was no way Debra and I were going to
miss out so just the two of us went.
We had a better time this time without Alan than
the last two times with him.
I
will update my Amsterdam page in next few days.
Meanwhile, in my Bearsac
Meets The Public page there are two of the
people I met.
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8
September 2005
I
need some tea and sympathy. I have been near ostracized
by a group of teddies I considered my friends.
They are angry that I did not use my Capital Radio
interview with Tim Lichfield to promote the campaign
for more girl teddy bears. Had there been time,
then I'm quite sure I could have given it a bit
of a plugging, but I was on just a few minuets
and was not asked about the teddy bear campaigns
that we are running.
However, what my interview did was produce more
awareness of my website, and no doubt more humans
will have come across the campaigning
page and the campaign for more girl teddy
bears. I'm sure that humans will help us in our
campaign by contacting teddy bear manufacturers
and demanding more girl teddies be made, WON'T
YOU HUMANS.
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6
September 2005
I'm
an upset teddy bear today as I lost my mobile
phone. It had loadsa of digits in it of lots of
girl teddies that fancy me, what am I to do? Sill
there's always a silver lining to the darkest
cloud. I can get something better. I'm thinking
of getting a Free
Sony Ericsson K750i. Has anyone got it, is
it worth getting, let me know. I will have to
share it with Debra though, she never lets me
have things to myself.
10.50pm-ish
--- I have just been on Capital FM http://www.capitalfm.com/
speaking to Tim Lichfield who was told about
me by Neil from Borehamwood, thanks to both of
you.x x x
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5
September 2005
Yippeeeeeeeeee,
I kissed Letitia Dean! (Sharon in Eastenders).
I met her this evening and also met Ross Kemp
who plays Grant. They are both very nice and are
the lastest addition to my Bearsac
Meets Celebrities page. Thanks to both of
you.
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My
cool new suit
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4
September 2005
Today's
the first day I have worn my cool new suit (Alan
thinks it makes me look like Luke Skywalker).
Debra hand made it for me from a pair of her old
trousers for my 8th birthday and Bearmitzvah which
was just over a week ago.
Thank you everyone that has e-mailed me over the
last week to send their kind thoughts for both
my birthday and Bearmitzvah, I can't believe it
is over a week already since my big day.
Well
done England FC in getting three World Cup qualifying
points with their 1-0 win against Wales yesterday.
Debra
gave blood this morning. whilst we were waiting
we were chatting to a few people, Hi. I am even
saying hi to Adam, a little boy there with his
mum. He was horrid to me, but I know it's because
he is jelous that I'm cuter than is puppet he
was telling about, so I will make allowances for
his nastiness to me. He is a very bright boy,
so I'm sure he realises how cool I am.
Blood
donations are always needed and are always in
short supply. If you think you are suitable to
give blood then please consider it. There is a
mobile donation unit outside Tesco carpark in
Borehamwood today, comes for a day about every
4 months. Alternatively, when that has gone, try
other places. See this link to find out more.
http://www.blood.co.uk/index.html
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September 2005
The
good news is I met one of the Arsenal Goalkeeper
Manuel Almunia - see him in the Bearsac
Meets Celebrities page. I also met Robert
Pires again today (as above). He is already
in the Celebrities page so thought I'd put him
in the diary instead today. It was great meeting
you again Robert, and also great meeting you
too Manuel.
The
bad news is that I am not in the Borehamwood
Times yet. There seems to be so much going down,
good and very bad in the Wood and stories that
are time related have priority over a little
teddy bear. However, maybe next week.
I did enjoy having my photo shoot with the Borehamwood
Times photographer the other week though and
the interview last week, even Debra looked good
in the photos; you can see them on The Borehamwood
Times website photo sales page http://3276.e-printphoto.co.uk/hendon/index.cfm?z=z&CFID=2784579&CFTOKEN=23793188
then
search on Bearsac. There are 66 photos.
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Singing
and music in the main tent
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29
August 2005
I
had a nice day yesterday, 28th August. Debra and
I went to Letchmore Heath to attend the event
of the Janmashtami festival.
Janmashtami
is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birthday
of Lord Krishna. Krishna is said to have been
born on the eighth day (ashtami) of the Rohini
nakshatra. The Hindu calendar being luni-solar,
these two days may not coincide, and therefore
there is some ambiguity about which day is celebrated
as Krishna Janmashtami. Different sects may possibly
celebrate it on different days. Krishna Janmashtami
occurs in August or September of the Gregorian
calendar. This year his birthday falls on 26th
August, the same as mine! He is the re-incarnation
of Lord Vishnu who is thought of as the preserver
of the universe and a major god to Hindus. The
name Vishnu means 'one who pervades'; 'one who
has entered into everything.'
The
Hare Krishna's of Bhaktivedanta Manor - which
was donated to the Hare Krishna's by Beatles member
George Harrison - host the Janmashtami festival
in the grounds of Bhaktivedanta Manor in Letchmore
Heath, between Borehamwood and Watford. It is
the biggest Janmashtami festival in the world
outside India. About 50,000 pilgrims visit over
a period of 2 days. Some fast up until mid night
but many more queue up, as we did, for the free
Prasad (food that is blessed by it having been
offered to Krishna). There were also tents selling
various foods, we tried Khichi which is a savoury
doughy thing made from rice flour, it is yummy
yum yum sprinkled with chilli powder.
Having
eaten we went to the main tent and watched some
dancing and later listened to some beautiful singing.
We also learnt a little about Hinduism in a small
exhibit called Seven days. There was a youth project
in a small tent who were showing people to do
some dance moves and we also enjoyed watching
"Veggie Steady Cook" in another tent, where shown
how to make a simple sun-dried tomato pesto sauce
for pasta and eggless pancakes. We were all given
some afterwards and shown how to offer it to Krisna
before you eat it.
We
had spent about 6 hours there and even got to
go into the house, but we thought it best to leave
at 6.30pm as it took 1 hour and 15 mins to walk
there and we wanted to get back before it was
dark as we had to walk down country lanes with
no street lamps. We walked part way with a Hare
Krishna who was on his way to Radlett. We had
a great day but were both tired out by the time
we got home at 8.50pm and were in bed by 9.30.
Hell to everyone we met at the festival.
To
find out more visit the Bhaktivedanta Manor website
http://www.iskcon.org.uk/manor/
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26
August 2005
Mazel
Tov to me! I was Bear-Mitzvah (Bear of the Commandment)
this morning. Before Debra and all the other teddies
I confirmed myself a grown teddy bear. I am 8
today. Because teddy bears are more mature than
humans we become Bear-Mitzvah younger than humans
become Bar or Bat Mitzvah. I got my final pot
of honey as payment for any work I do. Now as
a grown up teddy I get paid in cash for any work
I do.
I'm
off now to party. x x x x x x x x x x x x x
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24
August 2005
I
have been in Telford in Shropshire for the last
three days as Debra was at a conference to do
with her job. Choc-Ice came too but stayed in
the bedroom all the time. He got looked after
by whoever made the bed and they tucked him in
just as he likes it as you can see in the photo.
The staff at the the International and Holiday
Inn in Telford are very nice and go out of their
way to help you. The food was good too, I'm usually
not impressed by food in chain hotels. Thanks
to any staff reading this.
Hi
to everyone I met over the last three days. Janusz,
who we met on the train going up is in the Bearsac
Meets The Public page in the photo album.
Make
sure you check back here in a by Friday night
as I should have a photo of me having my Bear-Mitzvah
on Friday which is my 8th Birthday.
Make
sure if you live or work in Borehamwood to read
the Borehamwood Times this week (comes out Thurs/Friday)
you might find someone in there you know well.
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3
August 2005
Debra
had a surprise day off work today so as the weather
was nice we went to the Arsenal training ground
to wait outside for training to finish. I had
my photo taken with Robert Pires and Francesc
Fabregas. They are in my
Bearsac Meets Celebrities
page. Thanks boys, keep up the good work for the
Gunners this season.
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2
August 2005
Well,
I've been a busy little teddy bear of late studying
hard, learning Hebearew for my Bearmitzvah on
my 8th birthday on 26th August. It's not been
all studying for me though, I've been working
hard too. I met with Rosebeary Roberts, MP for
Teddy bears today to feedback on our campaigns,
she is really becoming the ironbear lady of teddy
bear politics; I needed plenty of honey afterwards
to recover.
I
met a nice young lady on the train this morning,
she was going to Brighton. Hi to you and the nutty
boys with you, hope you all had a nice time. Hi
also to the nice lady Debra and I were speaking
to on the train home this afternoon.
I
have been busy most evenigs of late, reading to
Debra, and we have posted a new book recommendation
on my Bookworms page,
entitled Songs of the Gorilla Nation.
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There
is a new campaign in the Self
Advocacy page, it is called
Name Your Teddy Bear.
To
bring you up to date on other campaigns since
the election of Rosebeary Roberts as MP for Teddy
Bears, I inform you of the following:
Campaign
For More Girl Teddy Bears
We have now got the amount of girl teddy bears
up to 22% with our hard work. We have a long way
to go get to 50% so we need all the help we can
get, and support from humans to target teddy bear
manufactures to make more girl teddies is warmly
welcome.
Campaign
To
Go Bear Eared
We are not getting through to most teddy bear
manufactures on this one, they are saying because
of the pressure to adhere to political correctness
in the making of more girl teddy bears, they feel
in order to make it clear the teddy bears are
girls, they have to put bows on their ears to
make it clear.
However, we are having better luck with girl teddy
bears who already exist. A lot of you who hated
your bows have had them removed either by your
teddy friends or your newly understanding humans.
Keep up the good work.
Campaign
For Honey
This, it seems, is never going to bear any
fruit, despite us being as busy as bees.
Other
news is that I sadly did not get in the Borehamwood
Times this week. I was hoping the photo of the
Mayor opening the skate park in Aberford Park
would be printed, but it was not. I was hovering
over his right shoulder when photos of him cutting
the ribbon were taken; but there is instead a
photo of two boys frozen in mid air with their
skate boards close at foot.
I know there will some of you disappointed not
to see me in the local rag, but just think how
happy the two boys are to be in it instead, good
luck to them.
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I
sat outside the BBC studios for a while this lunchtime
hoping to catch some of the Eastenders and Holby
City cast to be on my Bearsac Meets Celebrity
page. No luck today but I did meet a couple of
nice young ladies who I think fancy me, they are
in my Bearsac
Meets The Public page, a special hello to
you both Erica and Kimbo x x x x x x x x x x x
x x.
I
was asked by another lady why I wait outside,
am I hoping to be spotted for TV!
well in answer to her and no doubt other people
thinking the same thing, No, I am not waiting
to be spotted. I am simply hoping to get to meet
some of the actors for photographs for my website.
If in the process I get spotted for TV, then so
be it!
Debra's balcony only has the sun until about 8.30am
so taking her folding chair and sitting outside
the studio gates is sunnier than sitting on her
balcony, so its not really a waste of time if
we have nothing else to do on her day off. Even
if we don't meet any of the actors, we meet lots
of nice people coming in and out, hi to everyone
we met today.
Debra
does not work on Mondays, so if any of you at
the studios want to be on the site either celebs
or public, then look out for us on Mondays at
lunch or going home times when the weather is
OK. Not that we will be there every Monday, just
when we feel up to it. You could also email us.
(Email addys will be treated confidentially).
Please note that we think both myself and Debra
have very mild Prosopagnosia
(face blindness), so it is sometimes hard
for us to recognise people or remember their faces.
So if we don't recognise you or don't remember
meeting you before, then don't be offended.
We also think Debra has mild Asperger's
syndrome so this might explain why she is
so eccentric! We'd like to think she'd be the
way she is whatever though.
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Love
or loathe the idea, the sk8 park in Borehamwood
was officially opened today. A lot of people turned
out in the sun to take part or to spectate and
the sk8ers I spoke to are happy with it. There
were sk8ing competitions; the under 16s had a
little boy compete who looked about 6 years old,
he did very well, not sure if he won as we had
left before the winners were announced. Well done
everyone that was having a go. Hi to everyone
I met today.
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14
July 2005

I
went with Debra and two of her colleagues to attend
the noontime 2 minuet silence in the VIP enclosure
at Trafalgar Square. The place where Debra works
was invited to attend and Debra was a little worried
about going as she thought it would a prime target
event for further bombings. No worries though,
it went by unscaved and people of all nationalities,
religions and cultures stood together against
the terrorists and for the people affected by
last Thursday.
After
the 2 min silence Ken Livingstone was speaking
to the BBC News
cameras, when we got back to the office Debra's
colleagues all said they'd seen us on the TV walking
behind Ken livingstone. I'm keeping my eyes peeled
on the news later to see if it is repeated. So
if you think you imagined seeing me on the news,
then you actually did see me.
There is a photo of me almost meeting Ken Livingstone
on the
Bearsac Meets Celebrities
page
Thought
I should put a link to a letter
on the News24 website that people should see.
It is from an Iraqi person.
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13
July 2005
There
is a 10th problem on my teddy
bear problem page, so check it out.
I'd
like to say hi again to Neil, an old acquaintance
of Debras before she got me. She knew him from
the Numanoid scene (Gary Numan fans are called
Numanoiods). Hope you like the website Neil.
Also a special hi to Layla and Kamron who are
now in my Bearsac
Meets The Public Page.
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12
July 2005
Hope
you all have been enjoying the weather, I'm hoping
it will stay nice at the weekend as I might have
a small teddy bears picnic with some of Debras
other teddies. If anyone has word of any big teddy
bears picnics then let me know.
Special
hellos to the man on the train who's caller I
spoke to on his mobile on the Thameslink. Also
special hello to Craig and Stephanie who are the
latest addition to my Bearsac
Meets The Public page.
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11
July 2005
Just
a quick note before I go to sleep, my "Bearsac
meets the Public" page has 3 more people
in it.
Have a good sleep all x x x x x x
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July 2005

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4
July 2005
First
of all, those of you that celebrated American
Independence today, hope you had a great day.
Hi to many people I met today especially Scott
and Rifkhan who are the lastest people in my Bearsac
Meets The Public page.
Hi also to the nice lady on the Northern Line
tonight who spoke to me til I got off at Kentish
Town. x x x x x x
I almost met actor David Swimmer tonight after
the he was in called Some Women at the Gielgud
Theatre in the West End. Debra managed to get
a photo of me in front of the side of of his face,
its hard to tell it's him in his baseball cap.
Click
to see either the Bearsac Meets Public or Celebrities
photos
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2
July 2005
After
popular demand I now have a Teddy
Bear Dating Agency on the website. So teddies
of the world, no need to be lonsome any more,
email me a photo and a little about yourself and
you can become a a member for free. See if any
teddy takes your fancy. The page is via the woods
on island or click the link above.
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30
June 2005
This is just to wish James Happy Birthday for
tomorrow on his 17th birthday.
James
is the latest person to be added to my Bearsac
meets the public page,his dad is also in it,
see if you can spot his dad folks.
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29
June 2005
There is another problem on the teddy bear problem
page. I am still waiting for more book recommendations
for my new page, so get them in folks.
I
met lots of miserable people today at Borehamwood
station, what is up with you humans, glad us teddies
aren't such miseries. CHEER UP HUMANS!
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June 2005
I have been a busy bear building a bookcase; it
is next to my sofa. click on the bookcase or the
link here and take a look at my new page called
Bookworms. You can
find book recommendations (only 2 so far). You
can also email your own recommendations to me
for inclusion on the page.
You
can now buy a Bearsac T-shirt in the shop
which links from the small island northwest of
my home island. They are limited edition as only
50 were made and 1/2 have gone.
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18
June 2005
Hare
Hare, Krishna Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare.
Well then, how many of of you spotted me at theBorehamwood
Parade this afternoon? I was walking and singing
with the Hare Krishna Float which won two 1st
prizes, Best Walking Float and Best Over all Float.
Well Done. The Mayor Tony Scott Norman, gave out
the prizes and he was honored to meet me and have
his photo taken with me. (it's in bearsac meets
public page)
Hare Krishna float had a huge 1/2 man 1/2 lion
mascot with teddy bear fur for its mane. Its human
style legs were on wheels so it looked like he
was cycling down the road, it looked well cool.
The Lionman had to limbo to get under telegraph
wires down Theobald Street and Aycliffe Road and
he also took part of a tree with him in his mane!
It was nice to see people come out to watch, but
shame there wasn't more floats.
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4
June 2005
Don't
I look cool and sexy in my dungarees. Of course
I'm wearing them the fashionable way with one
strap down. Debra got them for me at a fete in
Borehamwood today, they were on a toy dog but
rather than buy the dog with the clothes for £1
she said to the woman she'd give £1 just
for the T-shirt and dungarees so the woman could
sell the dog and Debra wouldn't have to feel bad
about having a dog to get rid of, and it will
be looked after someone who will love him more!
It's what's known as a win win win situation.
The
other photo is me with Dick Whittingtons cat in
Highgate. The statue of the cat turning around
is said to landmark the spot at which Dick Whittington
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