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Tame Bear on December 20th, 2010

To celebrate this Christmas season, Tame Bear is pleased to present these two reprise podcasts of “TameBear Radio” from 2005 and 2006. During a “sabbatical from church,” Tame Bear finds there is still great anticipation and wonder at the baby’s birth. What is this loneliness, this longing we cannot find words to express? Perhaps what […]

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Tame Bear on December 11th, 2010

You all know me — Tame Bear — a fun-loving, philosophy-talking, techie-science-spiritualist brown bear of the Internet. Most of you are surely aware that I am not a real bear. After all, how many bears do you know that talk, that write updates on their WordPress blog, that tell life stories on their own podcast? […]

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Tame Bear on December 2nd, 2010

Watch as two talking cats play the Pattycakes game… Yeah, The Bear likes cats. Did you know The Bear likes cats?

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Tame Bear on December 2nd, 2010

In a previous post I talked about how to use Traffic Exchanges (TEs) to create your unique identity on the web and build your list. I call it “Brand YOU.” Admittedly, that’s easier said than done. For me, putting up an email capture page is not real difficult. You see I’ve been doing this sort […]

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Tame Bear on November 16th, 2010

Apple hints at something new from iTunes today, and rumors are The Beatles catalog will finally be going digital. The Bear predicts Apple will also use the fanfare surrounding this announcement to launch a new streaming music service. Hopefully we will be able to purchase Beatles music online and own it in our music library, […]

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Tame Bear on October 24th, 2010

What are Traffic Exchanges good for? If you’ve been using TEs for a while maybe you’ve already figured some of this out, so we can compare notes. And if you’re new to TEs, I hope these two essential tips are helpful. TEs are great at pointing traffic firehose-like at a web page and opening the […]

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Tame Bear on October 21st, 2010

Of course you know a “retweet” is simply repeating what someone else said. It’s a Twitter thing. A retweet begins with “RT” followed by the twitter name of the person you’re retweeting, followed by whatever that person said. So for example if you want to repeat something I’ve said, your retweet will start with “RT @tamebear …” […]

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Tame Bear on October 14th, 2010

So you like to feel scared? So scared that your heart pounds in your chest, and you forget to breathe? Then turn down the lights and turn up the volume with this story of Tame Bear and friends as they go to visit a REAL haunted house in the suburbs north of Chicago. TameBear Radio […]

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Tame Bear on October 8th, 2010

“Oceans of Light” by Peter Oakley Save 20% on the new ebook, “Oceans of Light: A Users Guide to the Multiverse” by Peter Oakley, now available at Barnes & Noble. Description: “Welcome to the Multiverse, an energetic realm where countless universes beyond our own sweep across billion light-year arcs of spacetime, swirling veils washing like waves […]

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Tame Bear on October 7th, 2010

A shameless plug for Sister Bear’s little business — Annie’s Woolens — she’ll make these Personalized Christmas Stockings for all the members of your family. Heirloom quality, made by hand, from her home shop in the North Woods of Wisconsin. She sells out every year, so order early! Seriously, she can’t make enough of them. […]

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