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xBears – the retail experience!

Omigod, SpunkDaddy's got a JOB!

It's actually quite cool, helping in a Xmas and holiday ornament store which some bearpals run in beautiful nearby Bristol. It's quite a scenic experience – the store's right on the waterfront. I wear my “HinJew in training” ID pin in hopes the customers will not expect too much. Not really, but I'm really wondering if I'll be able to stand the music through the season. But it's all good, especially when some extra cash is concerned.
Russel is coming to visit this afternoon, so it shouldn't be too bad today. I'm supposed to learn closing the store.

Come visit: The Christmas Bear Shop I work Wednesday afternoons through the season, and other times as well.

Published by Ron Suresha

Ron Jackson Suresha is an editor, anthologist, and writer. He is considered an authority on emergent queer masculinities, in particular the subcultures of gay and bi male Bears and of male bisexuality. For Ron's service to the bear community, he was named "Bear of the Year" 2008. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Suresha attended the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, 1976-8), where he studied creative writing, and Vista College (Berkeley, Cal., 1989-92), where he studied American Sign Language. For more than two decades, he has worked as a freelance proofreader for trade book publishers such as Shambhala Publications. He was married in October 2004 to Rocco Russo. He is also a licensed Justice of the Peace in Connecticut, an ordained minister, ULC, and a member of the New London Green Party. Nonfiction works include Bears on Bears: Interviews & Discussions; Bi Men: Coming Out (coeditor, with Pete Chvany); Bisexual Perspectives on the Life and Work of Alfred C. Kinsey (editor). His latest book is The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin: Stories, jests, and donkey tales of the beloved Persian folk hero, published by Lethe Press.