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Wowee! It was a really big day here yesterday!

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Well, enough with the sad panda faces.  One of the things that I love about pandas (besides being one myself) is that pandas never give up, no matter how hard things get.  A late (as in gone from this earth) gardener friend had a theory about plants.  She said that they entice you with their beauty or their fragrance, so that you would get down in the dirt and do stuff for them like water or weed around them. Maybe the plant was one that provided food, but mostly they had no purpose but to be beautiful, and they made that work for them so that you, the gardener, would support their existence.

Pandas are a little like that. They are the very definition of high maintenance girl friends. (Take Babette de Panda for instance…) It is really, really expensive to have a panda around, but it’s worth it!  Well, I would say that, wouldn’t I?  The recent tragic loss at the National Zoo in Washington DC underscores just how delicate they are as newborns.  But those which survive bring enjoyment and grace in ways which can’t be measured.

OK.  Now let’s get funny!

Bob T. Panda is running for president!  Huzzah!  Let’s see what the Cake Party has to offer to the American voter!

Vote for Bob!

 

And did I mention that we have now had over 40,000 visits to the pandas here at The Panda Chronicles?  Stay tuned during this election season for more from the party of pandas!  There will be cake!  Huzzah!

Be the Bear,

Bob T. Panda

Babette de Panda has a thing or two to say….

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Well it has been quite the trill, and it’s not…quite…over.

There are about 40 hours to go until my project closes on Kickstarter, so if you haven’t signed up to get a book or a poster or Bob T. Panda for President bumper stickers, there is still time.  If you already are a supporter, now you get to sit back or jump around the room yelling “HUZZAH!!!!!! BRING ON THE CUPPYCAKES.!!!” Your work is done, at least for now.  Later you will have to tell me where to send all of your goodies, but that isn’t for a few days.  Oh yeah, and pay your credit card bill that Amazon will so sweetly send to you, but again, that is later.

Right now, Babette has a few words to say to you and I’m sure she wants to thank you for supporting my project, don’t you, Babette?  Babette?

Babette and Bee, the Bear have a “discussion”

I am working on setting up the book even as we speak, but I want to thank the faithful followers of The Panda Chronicles once again.  I really could not have done it without you, and I just want you to know that the panda kindergarten PROMISES there will be NO monkey business when they pack and ship your books to you.  Really.  They pinky swore and everything!

Well, now maybe we can quit spending all out time jumping up and down and watching the numbers change, and get some more new cartoons done, eh?

Be the bear!

Bob T. Panda

Oh, yeah….Did we mention that we have reached 39,000 visits? Huzzah!  I’m popular!  finally!  Just goes to show you that it’s never too late to have a happy childhood.

Babette de Panda has a thing or two to say….

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Well it has been quite the trill, and it’s not…quite…over.

There are about 40 hours to go until my project closes on Kickstarter, so if you haven’t signed up to get a book or a poster or Bob T. Panda for President bumper stickers, there is still time.  If you already are a supporter, now you get to sit back or jump around the room yelling “HUZZAH!!!!!! BRING ON THE CUPPYCAKES.!!!” Your work is done, at least for now.  Later you will have to tell me where to send all of your goodies, but that isn’t for a few days.  Oh yeah, and pay your credit card bill that Amazon will so sweetly send to you, but again, that is later.

Right now, Babette has a few words to say to you and I’m sure she wants to thank you for supporting my project, don’t you, Babette?  Babette?

Babette and Bee, the Bear have a “discussion”

I am working on setting up the book even as we speak, but I want to thank the faithful followers of The Panda Chronicles once again.  I really could not have done it without you, and I just want you to know that the panda kindergarten PROMISES there will be NO monkey business when they pack and ship your books to you.  Really.  They pinky swore and everything!

Well, now maybe we can quit spending all out time jumping up and down and watching the numbers change, and get some more new cartoons done, eh?

Be the bear!

Bob T. Panda

Oh, yeah….Did we mention that we have reached 39,000 visits? Huzzah!  I’m popular!  finally!  Just goes to show you that it’s never too late to have a happy childhood.

Huzzah, Huzzah! A Panda is Born!

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The pandasphere is buzzing with the news that Mei Xiang of the National Zoo in Washington D.C. has just exceeded expectations and produced a brand new bouncing baby panda!  She has not had a cub since her first little miracle bear 7 years ago, when Tai Shan, darling of the pandaratti, was born.  He  moved to China in January of 2010 and we have been waiting and hoping ever since that Mei would rise to the occasion once again!  Huzzah!

Here’s the thing about panda reproduction:  It’s really kind of tricky.  A female panda is only in season for between 24 and 72 hours in a YEAR, and then you can’t distinguish between a real pregnancy and a pseudo-pregnancy until, HEY! look at that!  there’s a cub!  Top that off with the fact that pandas are really …well…chubby to begin with, and a cub at birth weighs about 1/4 pound.  Could you tell if a panda was preggers just by looking at her?  I don’t think so….

will the pitter patter of little paws soon follow?

Congratulations, once again to Mei Xiang, husband Tian Tian, and of course all the nanny keepers at the National Zoo! It is a happy day indeed.

Meanwhile, back at the Kickstarter ranch, we need at least $434 to make our goal by this thursday at noon.  If you were waiting until the last minute, that last minute is here now!  If only 18 more people pledge $25, the first book of the Panda Chronicles will be a reality!   Huzzah!

This is a day to be the bear!

Bob T. Panda

Um…excuse me but…..

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Well, here we are, almost halfway through our Kickstarter campaign and let’s face it folks, pandas are lookin’ a LITTLE endangered, if you know what I mean.  Is everyone on vacation, or what?

So just a word to the wise(guys)…to those who have already pledged, HUZZAH! and thank you, but your work is not done!  Spread the word of panda satire and let all you friends know how gosh darn funny it is, and how their lives would be so much better with this book on their books shelf!

And those who haven’t gotten around to it yet?  No time like the present, I always say.  and, then after you pledge, tell 5 of your friends!  They’ll thank you later.  really, they will.

Mehitabel thanks you!

And by the way, I just read a few of the plays that my brother wrote, which were inspired by The Panda Chronicles (and that playwright…what’s him name? Shakspur or something like that?) and written for the 31 Plays in 31 Days writing challenge.  Ha ha!  I will attempt to transform a few into cartoons!  We shall see…after all, the playings the thing!

Here is the obligatory Kickstarter link for today!  Huzzah!  http://kck.st/Qn6uAg

Be the bear!

Bob T. Panda

Um…excuse me but…..

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Well, here we are, almost halfway through our Kickstarter campaign and let’s face it folks, pandas are lookin’ a LITTLE endangered, if you know what I mean.  Is everyone on vacation, or what?

So just a word to the wise(guys)…to those who have already pledged, HUZZAH! and thank you, but your work is not done!  Spread the word of panda satire and let all you friends know how gosh darn funny it is, and how their lives would be so much better with this book on their books shelf!

And those who haven’t gotten around to it yet?  No time like the present, I always say.  and, then after you pledge, tell 5 of your friends!  They’ll thank you later.  really, they will.

Mehitabel thanks you!

And by the way, I just read a few of the plays that my brother wrote, which were inspired by The Panda Chronicles (and that playwright…what’s him name? Shakspur or something like that?) and written for the 31 Plays in 31 Days writing challenge.  Ha ha!  I will attempt to transform a few into cartoons!  We shall see…after all, the playings the thing!

Here is the obligatory Kickstarter link for today!  Huzzah!  http://kck.st/Qn6uAg

Be the bear!

Bob T. Panda

Bob and Mehitabel apologize for tasteless, sophomoric cartoons.

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For those who are not following my Kickstarter project, (hint, hint) here’s the most recent update from Bob and Mehitabel.

Our lack of taste is only exceeded by our sense of the absurd.

 

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

http:/www.kickstarter.com/projects/arttraveler/your-brain-on-pandas-book-1-of-the-panda-chronicle

 

Please excuse my technical incompetence ….

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For some reason, the share buttons did not show up on the last post (AND I forgot my daily Kickstarter link!)  so here is a repeat of the cartoon I included with the reblog from Exit, Pursued by a Lark)  sorry if you are getting this twice.

After all, the playings the thing….

 

Be the bear and visit

http:/www.kickstarter.com/projects/arttraveler/your-brain-on-pandas-book-1-of-the-panda-chronicle

 Bob T. Panda!

 

The world is now 31 plays, erm, richer?

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Since I cannot do the linking thing (large hairy paws, and all) here is a re-blog of the post which tells about 31 plays inspired by the Scottish Panda Cartoon. Huzzah!

After all, the playings the thing….