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Friday Fivesome

Any of you who have followed Behr Blather for any length of time know that my range of attraction is quite broad. From the bearded to the bellied, from the smooth to the hirsute, from the brunette to the blond to the redhead...I like them all. 

In honor of Friday, here are five men for your visual enjoyment.

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Lie Back and Enjoy

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What's a Bear?

For as long as I've been in the "bear community," there's been debate over what defines a "bear." To some, the man has to have a belly, beard, and body fur. To others, just facial hair. And yet some think a little sprinkling of chest hair is enough to be called a bear. (I know that I'm not a bear bear....hence my term "behr." But this isn't about me. For once.)

As I've shared, I'm on the mobile app GROWLr, which basically is like GRINDr, Scruff, and other "pleasure seeking" mobile applications. As I peruse the profiles of various men, I am often a bit surprised at who considers themselves "bears." For example...the following three have attached the label "bear" or "muscle bear" to themselves. Now I admit these are healthy looking men. And definitely "muscle" guys.

This guy doesn't seem to have a single solitary hair on his body. Where does "bear" fit in here?

This guy has a skinny goatee...and maybe a fine dusting of hair on his chest (although it's not a great picture and difficult to see).

This third guy has the beard scruff going (I'm jealous, to be honest) but otherwise...I'm still not reading "bear" in his appearance. (That's okay...I'd still do him.)

Now I've selected four random other guys who - in my opinion - are "bears:" 

I consider this man a bear because of his size, facial hair, and body fur...he looks muscular with a thin layer of cushioning. 

This is a nice beefy muscle bear...note the beautiful belly and gorgeous chest with the fine covering of fur. The glasses and goatee and shaved head make him particularly bearish.

Another fine example of a bear...the bulk, the fur, the beard, the gorgeous eyes...tell me you don't want to cuddle the hell out of him.

Bear...perhaps cub...the beard, the belly, the fur....yes I know you're seeing a trend here. Beautiful man just right for cuddling. And other activities.

There are those who subscribe to the "it's how you identify/feel inside" theory of being a bear. And I admit....I think there's some truth to that. But over the past few years I've noticed that many of the men who have profiles on the (many) online websites are gym rats who have let their body hair grow out. The bear community used to be all-inclusive of bears, cubs, otters, chubs, chasers...but now it seems that the "musclebear" has infiltrated and is now calling the shots. Do a Google image search on "gay bear" and the first ten results are muscle guys covered in fur...where are the bellies? I'm not talking chub necessarily (although that's how I now identify) but even bears have a bit of a belly...look at that last guy again. 

So my question is this: does it matter? What makes a bear? Is it fur? Is it attitude? Is it a beard?

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Behr Pick: Muscled Fur

Happy Saturday!

To celebrate, here's something I hope you'll enjoy looking over. Grrrrwooof!

I'm basically spending the day doing chores: laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping, and the like. Thrilling, eh?

Tonight I'll be going to Universal Studio's Halloween Horror Night. This will be the fourth year in a row that I've gone. If anyone can do a Halloween event, it's Universal, what with the available "movie magic" at their disposal.

The mazes are well done and based on popular movies: Halloween, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the Saw series, Chuckie, et cetera. The execution and recreation is brilliant. One year in the Chainsaw maze, there was a guy strapped to a table screaming as Leatherface "skinned" his face. The actor on the table had a most excellent makeup job to resemble being skinned alive.

Now let me be honest: I've seen bits and pieces of these movies. I'm not a slasher movie fan. To my personal interpretation of the Samhain holiday is more along the lines of vampires, werewolves, ghosts, and Frankenstein. Most definitely old school. And yet I really enjoy this event! I think part of it is my fascination with "how they do it" and the overall effect of decoration. There's an incredible eye for detail in these mazes and I appreciate the work put into them even if I'm not familiar with the story.

In addition to the four or five mazes, there's The Mummy Ride, The Simpson's Ride, shows to see, and scare zones. Last year there was a "Sean of the Dead" scare zone that was hilarious!

I may take my camera; but it's usually quite dark and my camera's flash tends to go off and that isn't fair to the actors/participants and other event goers. We'll see. I'm going with four friends; one is driving up to ride with me, which will be nice to have the company. Another of our friends isn't able to go tonight; he'll be missed.

So that's what's on the schedule. Oh! And definitely a nap!

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Monday Muscle

Today: muscles

Tomorrow: a Gay Days 2010 recap

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Behr Pick: Muscled Fur

Can you believe it's ONLY Hump Day? It's been such a long week already. And it's going to only get longer. Today's featured muscle bear certainly takes the sting out of the situation, eh?

It's warmed up here, more like summer. It's a bit disconcerting though because it should have been hot like this two months ago. I hate how the weather is all wonky. To make matters worse, I leave on Thursday morning for San Francisco and the prediction there is low 60's as a high. From the fire into the cool. Oh and yes it's a work trip.

I will try to set up my posts for when I'm in SF; I don't plan to take my laptop. I'm traveling light this trip. Or as light as possible since I tend to over pack!

That's all I have for now. Enjoy your Hump Day! BEHR HUGS!!

Friday Fur: Adelio Senna

I remember the first time I came across a picture of Adelio Senna...I nearly fainted from his beauty. He's got it all: muscles, fur, tattoos, and the greatest impish smile (see pic 7). I don't know much except he's a Brazilian muscle god. Who needs to know any more than that? I do have explicit pictures of him au natural but I try to keep this blog PG-13. Just let me say one word: Woof. I hope you enjoy him as much as I do. BEHR HUGS!!