Bears

an ongoing theme

bear claw, cinnamon bears, gummy bears
chicago bears, cal bears
the russian bear

the bay area (bearya?) -the east bay, from space, looks like a giant bear head (to me)
oso, name of someone i've met, meaning bear in spanish
bear, a term for a husky gay guy

and
Bears, the Disney nature documentary movie I saw today at amc emeryville.
(I liked it, and it made me want to eat salmon)

it's a homonym with bare, too.
bear with me.  simple, bare necessities.  bear hug!

types of bears:
polar, brown, black, grizzly, panda, koala, teddy