another edible wild thing

After grooming the horse, this untamed beast may need some grooming of its own.
     Is this treating the man as a sex object? Well ~ yeah. But he is another porno personality, so it's not like he'd complain all that awful much. He goes by the name of Sam Shadon and has been recorded as being a rather willing sex object indeed, in a video that also includes Gus Mattox putting him through his paces.
     Like Gus, Sam does his share of public-spirited support and was written up in the San Francisco Bay Times for his contribution to collecting donations for tsnumai survivors.
     But he still does yeoman's work in films such as Buckshot / Leatherbound and well earns a reputation as a happy pig. [DON'T click on this last link if descriptions of male/male rutting rituals make you uncomfortable... but, if that's the case, what are you doing reading this?]

edible wild foods

The Jerusalem artichoke
     They can be eaten raw, steamed, roasted or fried, but these delicious little tubers are not artichokes and don't hail from Jerusalem.
     Growing wild in my yard, they are a hardy perennial and, once a bed is established they can grow up to seven feet [two metres] tall. Stalks with yellow daisies top this delicious tuber vegetable plant.
     The plant originated in the Americas, and it's reported they were named artichokes because they have a taste similar to a globe artichoke, which belongs to the thistle family. Jerusalem artichokes belong to the sunflower family - which accounts for the first part of the name, a corruption of the Italian girasole (turning to the sun). They are healthful and easy to store come wintertime.
     They vary in size and can be cream, beige or yellow; some have a pink tinge. Easy to spot in the shops, jerusalem artichokes look similar to fresh ginger, but buy them now as they are at their crunchy best when the weather is cold.
     Keep the tubers in a plastic bag or airtight container in the fridge as they will dehydrate when exposed to warm, dry conditions. Remove brown, stringy roots and scrub or peel before using. These tiny vegies discolour when cut, so they need to be placed in a bowl of cold water with a squeeze of lemon juice, or boil them with a teaspoon of vinegar or lemon juice added to the cooking water.
     Make a quick artichoke soup by sauteeing chopped onion and garlic, then adding peeled jerusalem artichokes and vegetable stock. When vegetables are tender, puree and serve with a splash of cream and chopped chives. You can fancy it up and make Jerusalem Artichoke soup with curried prawns

Here's another recipe ~ Serves 4:
• Spray a 6-cup ovenproof dish with light olive oil. Peel 400g jerusalem artichokes and slice very thinly. Peel 400g desiree potatoes and slice very thinly. Finely slice half a peeled brown onion. Combine 200g light sour cream, 100ml skim milk, ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg, salt and cracked black pepper in a bowl.
• Spread 2 tbsp of sour cream mixture over the base of the ovenproof dish and layer about a fifth of the artichokes and potatoes over the sour cream and top with about 2 tbsp of the sour cream mixture. Continue to layer vegetables, salt and pepper and sour cream mixture, adding onion slices in between, to form five layers.
• Finish with a layer of sour cream mixture. Sprinkle with 150g grated gruyere cheese and bake at 390F [200C] for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until vegetables are tender and top is golden. Cover with foil if cheese begins to brown too quickly.

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more than eye candy ~ gus mattox

I gotta say it sure is nice to run across a porn performer who seems to have more on the brain that sex. I'm note entirely certain how I landed upon the website for Gus Mattox but I'm sure glad I did.
     I've been intrigued not only with his opinions but how well he describes himself. He's a really good writer and he seems to write about everything from "straight-acting gays;" the difficulties of getting a high-and-tight haircut from an ex-Marine bodybuilder; or the Polish guys at the hardware store; insights into Chi Chi LaRue; the challenge of being a sex worker with the rich ["be silent!"]; and his perspectives on American politics [left of right and holding scant tolerance for the Log Cabin money boys]. He maintains an absolutely intriguing set of weblinks.
     But stopping by for extensive galleries of his body nekkid nude, well, that's hit-or-miss; depending on how much bandwidth he's used up with his internet service provider any given month. Guess I'll have to keep going back.
Thanks Gus, for a really refreshing peek at a clever, thinking, human being who evidently is a GAY ACTING as they come.
Pix purloined from Mr. Mattox' site.

universal dilemma

In traditional prostitution I give HER the money and she gives ME the blowjob.
Why is it in gay prostitution HE gets the money AND the blowjob ???????

culture warriors speak together

Bill O'Reilly, the man noted for lurid sex fantasies in the shower, met one on one with dark fantasy rocker Mariyn Manson on his show recently. Must be a slow week for trumping up scandals that O'Reilly only now discovers that Mr. Manson has made use of sexually provocative lyrics and dons flamboyant make-up on stage during his performances. While O'Reilly is quick to accuse Manson of being a "priest of Satan" I would hazard a different guess than O'Reilly wants us to think as to which of the two actually has made pacts with the devil.
     Manson handles the interview well. Click on the screen in the AlterNet link to see the interview.
     If all this scares y ou too much, or if the line of discussion is too intellectual, maybe a Jack Chick bible tract is more your speed.

lighter notes

Where's the digital camrea when I need it most? In a zipped shut case back behind the seat of my pick-up truck. So I'll describe three recent things I've seen:

• Two cops traveling in their cruiser beside me, the driver talking away on a cell phone [which is illegal where I'm traveling]
• A big, surly, burly, muscled, goateed gruff looking man in workingman's clothes, traveling along the side of the road in a motorized wheelchair with a little white yappy dog on a leash walking alongside him. The guy's wearing big fluffy bedroom slippers on his feet
• A middle-aged woman in a wide-brimmed straw hat wearing a down to the calves scallop hemmed floral-print dress bicycling down the road puffing a big fat old cigar, stuck midcenter between her teeth.

it's hard work to make a scene

[click on pic to see full sized image]

     The photo shoot had to have been difficult. Selecting the right "models" to evoke the atmosphere; arranging equipment rental and proper releases ~ in this case borrowing police equipment while carefully cropping out the key details [namely, what city allowed their stuff to be used this way]. Then there's selecting the site so as to get the proper natural lighting; and time, to ensure that no unwanted intruders might accidentally stumble across the shoot and distract everyone. And then paying for everything, plus getting the idea marketed and properly, well, exposed to the target audience.
     But who is the target audience. And are we so certain that any of these actor/models required getting paid or did they pay to participate in this little imbroglio? Personally, I know people who would.
     After all, this tantalizing bit of soft-core porn remarkably resembles a bust of two guys caught in the act of, well, having their pants down for one thing. In the bushes [or so it would suggest] and busted by a couple of well-packed officers of the law. [Is the plainclothesman wearing C-in2 briefs as well? We'll never know.]
     There are, in fact, two "scenes" transpiring here in one tidy little picture. There's the photo shoot, presumably paid for by C-in2 and there's the sex scene with so many complicated layers of not so crypto homoeroticism. Sex oustide in the bushes; getting caught buy authority figures in the act [good looking ones I might add]; bondage and humliation as well as the anticipated prison holding cell rape scene. No wonder the bad boy about to be cuffed is begining to sprout a woody.
     Or am I reading too much into this? Maybe, as Freud said, "A cigar is just a cigar" and these guys are just trying to sell us underwear. perhaps the real message is, if you expect to be busted, wear clean shorts and cut down on the embarassment.
    You tell me.
[Advert found in GQ magazine but do yourself the favor and watch the videos at the C-in2 website to find out more.]

free speech

83 words Verizon doesn't wany you using:
Verizon has warned its customers that they will not accept the use of the floowing words [or their derivatives] from text messaging. A memo distributed said that the list will be updated from time to time and is not meant to be all-inclusive. Don't know exactly what they will do if someone actually uses any of these words, [maybe turn you over to Homeland Security].

Here's the dirty words:

anal, ass, bastard, beatoff, bitch, BJ, cameljockey, chink, circlejerk, clit, cock, coolie, coon, cornhole, cum, cunt, dago, deepthroating, dickhead, dickwad, dildo, dyke, eatme, fag, faggot, fellatio, fisting, fleshflute, fleshpopsicle, fornicate, fuck, fudgepacking, gangbang, genital, getlaid, gobtheknob, goldenshower, gook, hairpie, hardon, homo, honkey, jerkoff, jewboy, jizz, 5, kike, lesbo, limey, manloaf, masturbate, muffdiver, nigger, nutsack, paki, panface, poontang, pubic, pussy, queef, queer, raghead, rimjob, rubyredbag, scrotum, shit, sitonmyface, sixtynine, slag, slant, sodomize, spankthemonkey, spearchucker, spic, spooge, teabagging, testicles, twat, vagina, wetback, whackoff, whipitout, whiteswallow, wop

Missing: skin flute, penis, breast

august eye candy

Robbie Naish Champion Wind Surfer

homeland insecurity

Jim MacDonald posted at Making Light a link to how to "bump" a lock. That's right! While Michael Chertoff is still trying out how to make New Orleans safe, somebody's come up with a way to break into your digs more easily. And he wrote about it.
     "If your present security depends on one or more mechanical locks presently thought to be very resistant to manipulation, you should at least investigate whether these locks can be bumped. Manufacturer claims as to how manipulation-resistant a certain lock is should be considered worthless unless the claim specifically mentions resistance to bumping."
     So do what you need to fellers and gals. For my bid, don't value your "stuff" overmuch, but get your locks checked anyway.

a drover's life

From the Sydney [Australia] Morning Herald: The Drover's Life
Absolutely beautiful, even it if doesn't capture the grueling, back-breaking hard work that this life would subject one to. Encouraging to see people willing and eager to take on this kind of lifestyle. Here's another clip:


Thanks to Ozzi Dangler for cluing me into this. // Photos by Andrew Meares