Grab Some Nuts Day 2025

Grab Some Nuts Day

Did you know that August 3 is Grab Some Nuts Day?  It has been celebrated at least since 2013.  At first some people weren't sure whether the day celebrated mechanical nuts, like the photo above of a mother wrench feeding her young 😉, or tree nuts like almonds and walnuts.  (It's about tree nuts.)

But there's another kind of nuts you can grab.

All the photos in this post except the first photo and the ending video are from my friend Pat's blog Big Whack Attack.  Pat reminds his readers on the 15th of every month to check their balls.  In his blog, he also answers all kinds of questions from readers about the male sexual apparatus and related issues.  Check it out!

If you detect any suspicious lumps in your balls, you should immediately get checked by a doctor.  Testicular cancer is the most common type of cancer for men age 18 to 35, but the cure rate is excellent (98%) if it is detected early, which is the reason to do a monthly self-check.

Pat calls this monthly check the "buddy ball check", but he's not actually advocating having your buddy check your balls and vice-versa, though that idea is appealing (above).  You really have to check your own balls to know whether there's something there that feels abnormal.  Pat calls it buddy ball check because he's advising you as a friend to do it, and you should spread the word to your buddies that they should check their balls, too.

Pat has featured lots of photos that apply to "grab some nuts" day today ...

whether it's a buddy grabbing them ...

or you yourself.

Finally, here's an extract from a British YouTube video showing you exactly how to check your balls.  The British are less prudish about these things than Americans are.  So grab some nuts, and do it every month, not just once a year.

Events - Part 73

 Nudes-a-Poppin' 2014

Nudes-a-Poppin' was an annual beauty and erotic dance contest from 1975 to 2019, held at the Ponderosa Sun Club, a nudist resort in Roselawn, Indiana.  The public paid $50 per ticket to watch it.

The vast majority of the contestants were women, but there was a male portion of the contest, and of course that's what we'll focus on.  Above is contestant 200, who seems to be into spikes.

Contestant 203 shooting confetti.

And here's a rear view of contestant 203.

Contestant 205.

Contestant 206.  Most contestant's names were not shown in my source, but this one was identified as Nick Hardesty.

Contestant 208.

Contestant 210.

Contestant 211.

Contestant 215 at right.

A few more contestants couldn't be identified by number in their photos, like this black guy ...

this bearded guy ...

this guy with a top hat ...

and this guy with pistols.

Of course we didn't get to see them dance or perform, but based on the photos, who is your favorite?

Olympic Photos by Paul Richer - Part 4

Olympic Photos by Paul Richer, Part 4

We continue our series of nude photographs by Paul Richer of athletes in the 1900 Paris Olympics.  Richer was on an official Olympic commission to study the athletes.  Richer was responsible for taking nude anthropomorphic photos of the athletes, and since it was an official commission, almost all the athletes who were asked to participate did so.

We start with French long jump champion Albert Delannoy.  Above, Delannoy in 1898.

Here are Paul Richer's photos of Albert Delannoy, front view ...

rear view ...

and side view.  Disclosure: I have removed yellowing from Richer's photos and brightened them.

Henri Deloge was a French runner, seen here behind Charles Bennett in the 1500m race in the 1900 Olympics.  Deloge won a silver medal in the 1500m race and the 5000m race.

Here's Henri Deloge, front view ...

rear view ...

and side view.

Kurt Doerry was a German runner.  Above, we see him decades later in 1928 with other senior competitors in a race in Berlin.  He is the 5th from the left.

Here's Kurt Doerry in 1900, front view ...

rear view ...

and side view.

Our last Olympic athlete today is U.S. runner Walter Drumheller, seen above.

My source was missing the front view of him.  Here's the rear view ...

and the side view.

Next time: more Paul Richer Olympic athlete photos.

Performers - Part 72

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Photographers - Part 72

 Terry Hastings

Terry Hastings, born in 1965, is a photographer and digital artist living in Palm Springs, California.  Earlier, we saw some of his artwork derived from photos that he had taken.

Here's another example.  The photo above is called Minotaur ...

which he made into this minimalist painting, also called Minotaur.

But he took many photos that never became paintings.  He grouped them into 4 categories corresponding to the 4 elements of ancient philosophy: earth, water, air, and fire.  Above, one of the "earth" photos, called Endeavor.

An "earth" photo called High Up.

A "water" photo called Hockney's Swimmer.

A "water" photo called Everlasting Love.

Hastings referred to the "air" element as "wind".  Above, a "wind" photo called Magnetism.

A "wind" photo called Innuendo does not show the model naked, but it's rather suggestive.

A "fire" photo called Warm Touch shows two men touching in the firelight ...

as does the "fire" photo called Embrace.

A final category of Hastings' photos is the photocollage, which he makes by digitally joining pieces of dozens of images.  The photocollage above is called Goodbye.

This photocollage is called Nude Descending the Stairs ...

which was clearly inspired by the famous 1912 painting Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp, above.  In this case the painting came first and the photo afterwards.

But normally Hastings starts with a photo and turns it into a painting.  We end with another example.  Although many of Hastings' photos and paintings depict naked men, they very rarely show actual sex acts.  Plumeria, above, is one of the rare exceptions.

Hastings turned it into the minimalist painting Plumeria, above.