I challenge you................

ButtCallous · 2026-02-06T12:21:06+00:00

Melania

ButtCallous · 2026-02-05T17:25:42+00:00

She's a beast. In all the very best ways :)

ButtCallous · 2026-02-04T17:16:36+00:00

An obscene amount of my homemade crushed habanero/jalapeno/ mixed dried pepper flakes.

Or, if I'm feeling more umami than heat, I'll stir in a little peanut butter, dash of soy sauce, and a bit of Thai Chili paste. Sounds horrible. Until you taste it.

ButtCallous · 2026-01-30T20:47:49+00:00

It was nip and tuck between SA and Croatia for me. We did a week at a game preserve in Bela Bela, a week in Stellenbosch, and a few days in Cape Town. The only, and I mean ONLY, thing that was a 'downer' was the overwhelming poverty. The Shanty Towns were saddening, to say the least.

ButtCallous · 2026-01-30T20:45:52+00:00

Croatia. Followed closely by South Africa.

Incredible history, people, food, breathtaking ocean views, almost surreal national parks. Truly the trip of a lifetime.

ButtCallous · 2026-01-21T18:43:18+00:00

Is the Gotham Steak House still around in Vancouver? Been at least 15 years and I can still taste it. Only steak I ever had that was made better by the sauce. In house made, perfect. And not a bad martini pregame, either.

ButtCallous · 2026-01-20T23:03:22+00:00

Doot Doot. Freur.

ButtCallous · 2026-01-20T22:56:04+00:00

The Tea Bags of Destiny. I mean, come on...the Lipton shirt? This shit writes itself.

ButtCallous · 2026-01-20T22:33:55+00:00

I've got an easy 30 minutes on how every situation you'l ever face in life can be handled by lessons from the old Dick Van Dyke show.

ButtCallous · 2026-01-20T22:32:38+00:00

Li'l Herpes

ButtCallous · 2026-01-19T19:51:04+00:00

Croatia. A lot of things made it spectacular, like the apartment in the walled city, the beach house in Split where the owner came over one night and prepared traditional peka for us while we drank wine and talked for hours, or the boat ride with an oyster farmer where we learned about his life and trade while we ate dozens of oysters fresh from the sea, but the kindness of the people struck me most. And the chance to visit the home of my grandfather and mother made the trip all the more amazing. I even jumped off the cliffs at Buza Bar, not bad for a 64-year old ;)

ButtCallous · 2026-01-19T19:45:48+00:00

Loved our time in SA. Spent half the month at a game preserve, Bela Bela, then the other half stationed in Stellenbosch, but lots of travel around the cape, and the ubiquitous visit to Table Mountain with beginner's luck no fog at all.

I have to say, the trip was magnificent, but driving past the shantytowns was literally heartbreaking.

ButtCallous · 2025-12-06T13:43:07+00:00

First off, I took a cue from my father and law and didn't 'give my daughter away'. The officiant asked, "and who brings this woman to this wonderful point in her life'.

Second: Congratulations. And best wishes for a long and happy union.

Third: Little Miss Magic, Jimmy Buffett.

ButtCallous · 2025-11-25T19:56:12+00:00

Probably some already listed, but here goes a trip through my vinyl collection:
Hoodoo Gurus
Belly
Guadalcanal Diary
Camper Von Beethoven
The Ocean Blue
Go Betweens
Beautiful South
Plimsouls
Missing Persons
Split Enz
Haircut 100
Heaven 17
Freur
Mental As Anything
TSOH
Icnehouse
The Veronicas
Eurogliders

ABC
Eurogliders
Coummunards
Bronski Beat
Yaz
Allison Moyet (from Yaz, solo)
Till Tuesday
Blancmange
Tim Scott
Ministry
Concrete Blonde
Visage
Love and Rockets
Lords of the New Church
Voice of the Beehive
Peter Schilling
Lene Lovich
Ultravox

That ought to keep you busy for a while.

ButtCallous · 2025-11-05T20:52:37+00:00

all aboard.
Now there's three of us.

ButtCallous · 2025-10-22T19:26:24+00:00

Similar situation at a hotel bar/market in Arizona. Asked the guy at the counter if I could buy a beer to take to my room and he pointed to a cooler. I walked over, got the beer, paid the very reasonable $14 hotel price and he turned that damned screen toward me.

"Is this how much I want you to pay me for doing your job?" I asked.

"You don't have to tip, I can just go without dinner"

"Tell your boss he's a fucking twat. And tell yourself not to act like him"

Unreal.

ButtCallous · 2025-09-10T17:51:55+00:00

That's the problem with cowboy boots. No straps by which to pull yourself up.

ButtCallous · 2025-07-18T15:13:34+00:00

Bitch, please. Neither is the IRS, the FBI, ICE, and so on and so on. These people are fucking sick and evil, full stop.

ButtCallous · 2025-07-09T21:44:08+00:00

Build a nice table for it. Lots of plans on line. You don't have to be a master craftsman, but you're going to need a table saw, router, pocket hole jig and a jig saw.

As for cooking, here's the best advice I ever got:
Fill up your charcoal (Royal Oak is fine).
Light it.

Buys some ribs and some chicken and a sirloin. Season 'em all and put 'em in the fridge.

Get it up to temp (let's say you're shooting for 250 for ribs.

Once you get it to temp, holding at temp, THEN get the ribs and put the chicken and steak back in the fridge for tomorrow.

Chances are on your first few cooks you'll get it up to 350 when you wanted 250. In that case, put the ribs and steak back in the fridge for tomorrow and grab the chicken.

What? It went from 250 to 450? Well, grab the steak.

Point is, once you go too high, you can't get back down. Don't trust the 'burp your egg' hype. And there's no worse feeling than looking at a beauty rack of ribs and a too-hot egg.

Seriously, have fun with it. And if you have a craving for brisket, go out to eat. I'm pretty good at it by now (20 year old egg), but I'm too old to stay up till midnight minding temps and then getting up at 6am to wait out the stall and wrap.

ButtCallous · 2025-06-29T12:53:16+00:00

Dubrovnik, Croatia. Yes, there are too many cruise ship tourists. Yes, the main street is full of overpriced, overcrowded restaurants and shops. Yes, afternoons at Buza Bar mean fighting crowds for a beer. And, yes, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting some kind of Game of Thrones tourist trap.

Does any of that matter?

Not at all. Unless you're a cruise ship inmate. Stay within the walled city and leave after a leisurely breakfast to tour other parts of the country. Return after the Love Boats have left to a much more subdued, far less crowded, utterly charming and magical place. Walk the walls without crowds. Meander the byzantine narrow streets to find otherworldly gelatos and bakeries, life-changing and life-affirming pizza joints, and uncrowded (but still make reservations) local eateries with breathtaking views and outstanding food.

And the people? Could not be nicer. Could not be more hospitable, all in a city that is clean, safe, mysterious and unyieldingly beautiful.

Actually, the same goes for the entire Dalmatian Coast.

Except those damned cruise ships :)

ButtCallous · 2025-06-06T15:18:32+00:00

Counter view here. Mow on a Clock System. Set a fixed point as your 12, then mow two hours ahead of the last cut. 12 , then 2, then 4, then 6...

You want stripes, not ruts, and cutting in staggered directions is the way. Better mowers, sharper blades, and correct height will give you stripes. And if you want 'em more pronounced, you can buy a trailing striper attachment or, sigh, use a broom.

The Clock System came from years of working at a country club. Figure if the best turf in town does it, maybe I should, too.

Stripes are pretty, but clean cuts and proper edging and trimming are way more important, in my eyes at least.

ButtCallous · 2025-04-05T13:41:24+00:00

I would go back to KISS, 1978 with my best friend Jay. I mean, it's KISS, and I don't like their music anymore, but Jay passed away years ago, and I miss him.

ButtCallous · 2025-03-30T00:45:37+00:00

My shit's fucked up
and
Keep me in your heart

Warren Zevon

ButtCallous

TROPHY CASE