Hi all, my name is bearmaster, and I am the moderator, webmaster, or whatever you wanna call me of this website, insidebear.com.

I am so excited with this new layout and interactivity that this site offers! And raking in with the new year, it's just perfect timing I suppose! Yet one thing troubles me, where art thou dearest bears??? : )

You see, I'm not much for story-telling or journalising or submitting much news, however, I will add my little rants-n-raves here and there (as I am doing now). That's where you come in. This website was created in the essence of the "demise" of the print magazine, INSIDE Bear. (Demise = we can't afford it)

What the magazine and thusly this website is trying to accomplish is to have a giganto (is that a word?) resource for everyone to submit news and events and stories and whatever you wish and have it as one big community bear group that spans the globe! Ok, am I just delusional?

Anyways, this is my little rant-or-rave I bring with me to the New Year. ; ) I hope everyone can contribute in some fashion or another. Keep in mind that also our postal address is located in the banner atop this website.

P.S. I notice that some members of this website are in the Pennsylvania area...anyone near Lewisberry? (or at least know where Lewisberry is?) : ) Some day INSIDE Bear wants to hold a gathering of sorts somewhere sometime in the near future....maybe once we hit the 100 member mark? (we are up to 43 last i checked)