Friends! Bears! Fans of charismatic megafauna everywhere! With every issue of this Very Important Publication (VIP, for short), we think we'll be more regular with the posts. ('Posts' being cool hip internet slang for issues, of course.) But then, the small problems of, say, a beloved personal pet dying or, perhaps, the inanities of a daily profession get in the way, and issue intentions come and go with the turning of the proverbial season. AND THEN, of course, the popular email client in which we store intended Important Bear Links (IBL) DELETES the entire quantity of links, rendering the already delayed post schedule utterly useless. But, as always, the Bears do not wait. They continue to eat, and sleep and generally raise a ruckus, and for that, we thank them. The Bears are constant. The Bears are legion. And thus, as always and forever, TO THE BEARS. 

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If You Give A Bear A Waffle Cone, She'll Probably Want A Sundae, Too
Pandas Are Actually Kind of Trash Bears, It's Okay To Admit This
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I'm the Map // I'm The Map // I'm The Map
Ladies, Leave Your Man At Home // The Zoo Is Full of Bears And Their Cubs Are Full Grown

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Black Bear Diner (Ursus casu), a California-based western American fast-casual restaurant chain of exquisitely decorated diners, with a "over-the-top bear paraphernalia" theme. Each of the chain's locations features a 12-foot tall bear figurine of carved wood. 

food: "Old-fashioned comfort food," aka eggs, bacon, toast, hamburgers, soups, salads, milkshakes, etc. 

habitat: With their paws in ten western American states and with more than 110 locations, the Black Bear Diner is sadly not in any eastern American state, which is incredibly rude. Your Important Bear Newswriter ate at a Las Vegas, Nevada location (at the kind recommendation of noted Important Bear Newsreader Casey Morell), and it was a beautiful and delightful — and delicious! — diner experience. It saddens your Important Bears Newswriter that he cannot continue this dining tradition in his hometown of Boston. 

(via Wikipedia / Personal Experience / Casey Morell)

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