Poor poor Miley Cyrus. She is just trying to do her best at the MTV VMAs (Video Music Awards) to prove on a grand stage how much of a BEARMANiac she is and the world makes fun of her. Sure I have some extreme fans but you shouldn’t treat them like they are on drugs or something.
See the performance here courtesy of MTV:
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Yes it is that time of year once again. The Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge, where you do stuff and I donate money to worthy charities. I have been extremely fortunate that both my wife and I are gainfully employed during this tough economic times so I am upping the ante this year.
This is the Fifth Year I have done this so far donating $2806 ($336 in 2009, $630 in 2010, $690 in 2011, $1150 in 2012) and it will run until the end of May.
Many of you know that I do this challenge each year to raise awareness of my blog while giving money to charities who need it. Historically, this has been the majority of my advertising budget for the year so if you enjoy Bearman Cartoons, please help by spreading the word on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, etc and/or thumbing up on StumbleUpon or Reddit.
I have decided that this year I will divide evenly the amount of money donated between three charities up to $1500. The fact that we hit the goal last year made me want to do more this year:
The first being the Cincinnati FreeStore Foodbank. This charity does great things not only to feed those in need but also to help families get back on their feet in other ways.
The second charity is the Brandon C Gromada Head and Neck Cancer Foundation. Many of you know that my friend Brandon passed away last year leaving his wife and six month old daughter. His family set up this foundation to direct funds to research for better treatments. This rare type of cancer also took the life of one of Brandon’s idols almost one year ago today – Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys.
And the third is of course one of my favorite charities, Crayons to Computers. It is a free store for teachers allowing them to stock up on school and art supplies for their students/classrooms.
But that is not all. Once again, I am going to match dollar for dollar anything you donate to Crayons to Computers up to a max $500. When donating just make it in Honor of Bearman Cartoons and they will know how to notify me. So that is $2000 of my own money I am will to put up to get the word out about these causes.
I will donate the indicated amount for each thing that you do in the month of May:
If you add me to your blog roll, add/upgrade your banner, include this challenge in a post, please indicate in the comments. I’ll post a weekly update of the money raised and who did what to raise the money with links back to your site if applicable.
Thanks for your continued support.
One of the first people to support me online was George Ford of Addanac City. And no matter what, he always comes through on challenges or guest cartoon requests. So I waited with baited breath to find out what he would do for the Bearman Charity Challenge.
This was his message sent along with his BEARMANia picture. “After long deliberation, I have decided to release my entry into Bearmaniac-ville. Hope ya get a kick out of it! :)”
All I will say is that use extreme caution before you decide if you will open the picture by clicking on the image below. You will have one of three reactions:
1. Be appalled by what you see.
2. Be enraptured by what you see (especially the ladies and men who associate with this type of Bear)
3. Wet yourself laughing.
This is the last week of the Charity Challenge. Click link for how you can help at no cost to you.
So we go from yesterdays highs of BEARMANia to its lows today. Yes friends, The Friggin Loon has shown her heart for charity and has answered the Charity Challenge with this lovely rendition.
So why the bottom dwelling. Seems that via wordpress as of late, Lynn and Scott have been the recipients of being posted on a main page and reaping many rewards of new visitors. While I stay in the bottom feeder category, alas I am no longer on wordpress.com so I won’t be receiving any visitors from them anymore. In fact when I switched off of hosting there, my daily stats dropped by about 40%.
So at the request of the Loon and Duncan, I made this for them.
And now Loon has started a campaign for the downtrodden which Duncan and Dave have already picked up. LOON I changed it from Feeder to Dweller even though I think you are a Feeder. Hoping to pick up anyone’s leftover visitor scraps.
So if you feel your blog doesn’t get the respect it deserves, click on the link and find out how you can help carry the banner for bottoms everywhere.
Don’t forget the charity challenge. Click link for how you can help at no cost to you.
While Duncan and especially the Friggin Loon lament about their bottom dweller status, Lynn of Trippin’ with Rip fame steps up her game and continues to show them up. No wonder she gets all the attention. And for new readers, no she is not a pothead. She has just decided to discuss Hemp this week.
First Lynn chose the biggest banner ad I have and put it on PAGE 1 of her blog. NOW she and the ripped Rip have blown up that banner ad and taken it with them all over Florida promoting BEARMANia in their own way. Check it out. (Click the Images 2x to see them larger)
BEARMANia on the Beach:
BEARMANia in the Convenience Store (will the drunks remember what they saw)
Forget LL Cool J, it is now LL Cool B:
UPDATE: Go check out the Guest Cartoon I did for How Sweet it Is while Scott is off doing whatever it is he should be doing but probably isn’t doing.
Don’t forget the charity challenge. Click link for how you can help at no cost to you.
Dixie the loveable Poodle of Tony somehow managed to sign up for her own email account. This is the message I recieved yesterday via email.
Hulo Mista Bearman. I am sending yoo a foto ov me & my Teddy Bearmaniac to poot on yor blog so it kosts yoo mor munny. Woof Woow!!!
– Luv from Dixie the kyootest Poodle in the hole werld hoo livs in Tazmayneeya wiv Mummy & Daddy
I don’t speak dog very well so it took me a little bit to figure out what she was saying. Thanks Dixie and try not to be so hard on the Bear.
Don’t forget the charity challenge. Click link for how you can help at no cost to you.
So waiting in my mailbox yesterday were TWO; Count ’em TWO people sending their BEARMANia love to me. Well Jammers actually is about half but I’ll count it!!
First up was Laura AKA Midwest Mom AKA one half of the great women behind Hmm Sweet Splendid Wisdom. She, like Dave, is not only a BEARMANiac but she and her daughter are obviously also BEAR maniacs. Thanks Laura.
Then there was this puzzling image from Jammer:
“Jammer’s shoe is a Bearmaniac” Jammer I know you are shy but if your shoe is the BEARMANiac, then why is your foot and leg involved? And why only one shoe? And are you planning to go fishing or do you just keep your crap laying around the floor? I am thinking you could have at least bought some BEARMAN Barbecue sauce and poured it over your feet.
Thanks to all for their continued support. I am going broke.
Don’t forget the charity challenge. Click link for how you can help at no cost to you.
Dave Hambridge of Hambo Central and his beautiful bride Hazel were married in 1996. Obviously before Dave was a BEARMANiac, he and Hazel were BEAR maniacs. His best man and her “chief bridesmaid” were their childhood teddy bears. Check them out in their hands in the pic.
Thanks for your support Dave and remember you are only one year from your 15th year anniversary. I think Hazel needs some new diamonds.
Don’t forget the charity challenge. Click link for how you can help at no cost to you.
Tony McGurk is the first to show off his BEARMANia. Tony’s blog is YNOT (among others he is constantly playing hide and seek so I have to find him) and is a real Tasmanian. You will have to ask his wife if he is a devil. Check out his blog to see the continuing hilarious adventures of Flat Tony.
Tony I can’t tell if that is your happy face or you are among those confused as to the proper pronunciation of BEARMANia. Thanks for supporting the challenge.
Get involved yourself in the Charity Challenge by clicking below to see how.
What I thought would take me a couple days turned into weeks but I am now for the most part finished with my refresh and moving my wordpress.com site to my own site. I apologize for my lack of posting and visiting your blogs but I have been pushing to get this done this weekend.
Take a look around and see what’s new. I’ll do a more in depth post later but wanted to get this up now. Let me know if any links don’t work.
Also for all my BEARMANiacs and new friends start sending me a link to your 125×125 banner ad so I can put them in my new links page.