Jaru

Jaru wearing a tuxedo handing a Valentine's Day card to his date Kija (a flop-eared stuffed dog in a red dress) in front of a painting of a dog with a flop-ear that has a heart for a nose and a surprised expression.

Happy Valentine's Day! Kija has only made a few appearances over the years, but Jaru wanted to give her a valentine. It looks like it came as a surprise to the doggy in the painting!
#ValentinesDay
#FursuitFriday

I've still got my Kermit the Frog Muppet Show mug from 1978 that was brand new when I got from my aunt. My younger sister got Miss Piggy and my older sister got Fozzie the Bear.

Amazing to see Made in England vs Made in China

I was apprehensive about what to expect with the new Muppet Show, but wow, they did an amazing job of staying true to the original look, feel, goofiness, heart of the original! It is definitely worth catching it if you can! I am looking forward to the future episodes :-)

Jaru standing by his dog sled with the dog team at the ready!

Jaru getting to know the dogs in the team

One of the dogs in the team sniffing Jaru as Jaru pets him

Happy National Sled Dog Day! For some reason some other furry little critter seems to be getting all of the attention today.
#NationalSledDogDay

She was also an absolutely amazing writer and performer on SCTV! That is how I will always remember her

Jaru at what he thinks is his new doghouse at the top of the hill but is actually a small shed for the ski patrol equipment.

Jaru on his skis at the top of the hill.

Group photo with Jaru and other fursuiter skiers in front of the lodge.

We got about 16 inches of snow this week. Great time to go skiing! Jaru skied in fursuit for the first time last year, and will be doing it again tomorrow!
#FursuitFriday

My great-grandmother made the Christmas banner back in the 1980s. I thought that mice had gnawed at the side while stored in the basement, but no one actually saw the critter in action. I am now wondering if maybe it was a beaver!

Jaru in his Buc-ee Beaver kigu in front of the marquee at The Neon Theater in Dayton for the Hundreds Of Beavers movie

Jaru in his Buc-ee Beaver kigu with a Buc-ee Beaver shirt on top that has an old-timey black and white feel to it, standing in front of a Very Merry Christmas banner with the mini Hundreds of Beavers Christmas poster, a bag of Buc-ees Beer Cheese popcorn, and holding the Hundreds of Beavers Blu-ray.

A close-up of the Very Merry Christmas banner with the mini Hundreds of Beavers Christmas poster, a bag of Buc-ees Beer Cheese popcorn, and the Hundreds of Beavers Blu-ray.

I saw @hundredsofbeavers.bsky.social again on Wednesday, this time in Dayton with friends who had not seen it yet. They were giving out Christmas mini-posters.

I figured the @bucees.bsky.social Beer Cheese popcorn goes well with the theme.

Not quite a fursuit, but close enough for #FursuitFriday !

Same here. Let Noon remain when the sun is at the peak in the sky. Change the mentality of what people think is a good number on the clock for when they wake, sleep, eat, work, etc. But Noon should be left alone to indicate the natural phenomenon of the sun, NOT the psychological number on a clock.

November 1st - Woke up to a bit of unexpected scruff and realized it is the start of No-Shave November. If this is Day 1, I wonder what Day 30 is going to be like!
#NoShaveNovember

Try "clicking" with your wheel "button" on a web link in a web browser. It should open the link in a new tab. Lots of programs work as if you did a Ctrl-Click or a Shift-Click when you use the middle mouse button.

I've always had three (or more) button mice, first one came with our old 286 which came with DOS (we installed Windows 3.0 on it a couple years later.) The middle mouse button was program specific. But just about all mouse wheels actually act as a middle mouse button if you press down on it.

YouTube video by Natural Habitat Shorts Cats may curl up to passing patients, likely sensing changes in scent, body heat, or breathing

And then @naturalhabitat.bsky.social posts this today:
www.youtube.com/shorts/SD9C8...

Jaru lying on the floor, eye to eye with a white cat also on the floor just chilling as they check each other out

Jaru holding a very relaxed grey shorthair cat in his arms

As usual I am finding out about National [TOPIC] Day from Dom Tiberi late at night while watching the local 10TV News.

Happy National Cat Day! (Yes, dogs and cats can get along!)
#NationalCatDay

Jaru wearing his "Vote Dog: He's A Good Boy" shirt

I was just about to head to bed when I heard on the local news that today is #NationalDogsInPoliticsDay!

Jaru wearing a pirate hat, a red sash tied around his waist, holding a stuffed emu in place of a parrot, posing with a pirate's cutlass and little treasure chest and pirate ship while also wearing a Pittsburgh Pirate's baseball cap, Pirate's baseball jersey while posting with a baseball bat, baseball glove, baseball, and home plate all at the same time.

Photo with Jaru turned around showing the back of his Pittsburgh Pirates baseball jersey which is customized with "Jaru" across the back and number 13, unlucky for most, but Jaru also came to being in 2013.

We want a pitcher, not a belly itcher! Hey batter, batter, SWING! Sell the team! Let's Go Bucs!

Happy #NationalTalkLikeAPirateDay! I wonder what type of pirate Jaru will be at the Ohio Renaissance Festival on Saturday for their Pirate Weekend....
#FursuitFriday

SPAM, Tang, and S'mores are all necessities for a proper camping trip! And cobbler is a definite bonus :-)

Jaru's fursuit head and a stuffed animal musubi that has a little stuffed dog in it look at a plate of homemade musubi

The stuffed animal musubi is unwrapped showing the little stuffed dog standing between the stuffed rice and stuffed Spam as Jaru's fursuit head continues to look at a plate of homemade musubi

The stuffed dog has wandered away from the rest of the stuffed musubi to be closer to Jaru and the plate of homemade musubi

Jaru's fursuit head has moved to lift up the edge of the plate of musubi in its teeth and the stuffed musubi dog has moved to stand on the side of the plate

Happy National SPAM Musubi Day! I have wanted to try musubi for years so I tried my hand at making it myself to celebrate the special day. These two got to it before I had a chance to eat it though!
#NationalSpamMusubiDay
#FursuitFriday

Mini-Jaru sticking out of a SPAM cooler bag surrounded by cans of 25% Less Sodium, Bacon, Gochujang, Hickory Smoke, Korean BBQ, Jalapeño, Tocino, Turkey, Maple, Hot & Spicey, Lite, Teriyaki, Classic, and small Classic SPAM.

Jaru is just a bit of a fan of SPAM (and yes, the meat product is in all caps, that is not just yelling, but who wouldn't be happy to enthusiastically call out for *SPAM*? Spam when not in all caps refers to junk email.
#NationalSPAMDay

Jaru standing watch as a dismembered foot sits on a charcoal grill at a park.

Close-up of Jaru with a grilled dismembered foot in his mouth.

People are posting about grilling hot dogs today. Here is a pic of a hot dog grilling a foot. For some reason no one wanted to partake in Jaru's Blackened Italian Foot-Long at the picnic.
#NationalHotDogDay

Jaru in front of the movie screen wearing a Buc-ee's beaver kigu with a Buc-ee's stuffed animal and Buc-ee's keychain

Jaru in front of the Gateway Film Center sign wearing a Buc-ee's beaver kigu, holding a Hundreds of Beavers Blu-Ray set along with a Buc-ee's stuffed animal and Buc-ee's keychain

Jaru in front of the Gateway Film Center sign wearing a Buc-ee's beaver kigu, with an AnthrOhio backpack with a Buc-ee's stuffed animal sticking out the top and Buc-ee's keychain

I don't always dress up as a @bucees.bsky.social beaver, but when I do, I go out and see "Hundreds of Beavers" @hundredsofbeavers.bsky.social at the @gatewayfilmcenter.bsky.social
#FursuitFriday
(Well, it isn't quite a fursuit, and it is no longer quite Friday)

Mannequin of a man in a tracksuit wearing a large lamb fursuit head on display at the Toledo Museum of Art.

Placard for the fursuit on display in the Toledo Museum of Art which says "This man wearing a lamb mask is a taekwondo instructor. He mainly teaches children ages six to fifteen. He is getting paid ninety U.S. dollars per day for performing six hours a day. This amount does not include lunch."

Jaru in street clothes, not in fursuit, standing beside the mannequin with the lamb fursuit head inside the Toledo Museum of Art.

I popped up to Toledo to visit my Dad while my older sister from Dallas was in town. We went to the Toledo Museum of Art since it holds a lot of memories for us. I was not expecting to come across a fursuit amongst their collection!
#FursuitFriday

Jaru in a Columbus Donut Run t-shirt kneeling by a statue of a deer that is sitting on the steps in front of COSI with a donut pillow.

Jaru running across the starting line with a group of kids and a donut mascot.

Jaru dancing with several donut mascots with the Columbus skyline in the background.

Happy #NationalDonutDay ! My friend NPC is a donut fanatic and found out about a donut fundraiser run back in 2019 that was looking for volunteers, including people to wear donut costumes. We applied to help. I'd love to do more events like this!
#FursuitFriday

Thanks to the skilled coaching of Maroon's mom, 4 out of the 5 of us on our lane improved on our second game. I am always happy to break 100!

Jaru's old footpaw soles that are cracked all the way through

The tops of Jaru's disassembled footpaws showing holes through the toes

Jaru's refurbished footpaws are nice and clean

Soles of Jaru's refurbished footpaws showing new white treads

Picture of Jaru focusing on his face as he lies on a rack.

Jaru's suit soaking in the bathtub with a bottle of Woolite detergent and a spray bottle of Folex Carpet Cleaner

A wet Jaru suit reclining in the bathtub

Jaru's suit on a drying rack

We are just one week away from @anthrohio.org 2025! AnthrOhio is moving to a new location and a new date for this year. Jaru took a spa day to prepare, with a nice bath, massage, pedicure, and facial.
#FursuitFriday

Jaru stands beside a TV showing a night sky with several dog constellations, with text for the "Celestial Dogs" gathering on March 29th, 2025 at the John Glenn Astronomy Park

*Jaru ponders if he can be a celestial dog too*
Sadly it looks like we will have clouds Saturday evening when both Canis Major and Canius Minor should be viewable. But if Jaru can't see them he can still howl his greeting to them!
#FursuitFriday

I spent a lot of time with Gedrean in the Reg/Safety/Gopher/Con-Ops/Silent Auction Room back at our old, old hotel (yup, all those departments used to share an area). He was always very friendly, kind, welcoming. He is one of the staffers at Morphicon and persuade me to staff

Jaru wearing a 2025 AnthrOhio / Ohio Nature Education shirt while holding a stuffed owl

Happy #Superb_Owl_Sunday! Ohio Nature Education will be the AnthrOhio charity again this year, and has some fun merch available! Be sure to check out their site and support them, their superb owls, and all the other critters they care for!
www.ohionature.org/store

Video of Jaru skiing down the slopes, with his ears flapping in the wind at 10 and 20 seconds in :-)