Halloween 2025

Halloween

This year, instead of showing the usual Halloween costumes (or lack thereof), we feature some guys who got their butts painted for Halloween.

The finished result for the guy above.  Pumpkins are certainly traditional for Halloween.

A very different design being painted.

It shows old-fashioned silhouette portraits.  As Erosart pointed out, it looks like Trump and Hillary.

This design is called "Booze" because ...

it depicts a bottle and a pot of booze sloshing around.

Other butt designs depicted apples ...

candy ...

spooks ...

and superhero emblems.

We end with Candy getting together with Apples.  How sweet!

Not the Same Old Song - Part 68

I've Got You Under My Skin 

I've Got You Under My Skin was written by Cole Porter in 1936.  Frank Sinatra sang it in 1956, and it became one of his signature songs.  This is the Frank Sinatra recording, with my own interpretation of the skin that someone is getting under.

Weighing In - Part 77

 Davey Moore, Johannesburg 1982

Above is a video of American boxer Davey Moore (1959-1988) weighing in for a fight against Charlie Weir in Johannesburg, South Africa on April 26, 1982.  Moore was fighting as a light middleweight, and he was over the 154 lb. (69.9 kg) weight limit, so he stripped and got weighed again, which is what we're looking at.  There was no modesty towel for the weigh-in.  Moore said "No women in here?" before stepping up to the scale.  He wasn't concerned about men seeing him. 

Moore was still slightly over the weight limit, by less than half a pound, which he was able to lose before the fight.

Here's a screen shot of Moore from the weigh-in video.

At the time, Moore held the WBA light middleweight title.  He won this fight against Weir and kept his title.  His lifetime record was 18 wins, 5 losses.

A few years later, in 1988, Davey Moore was at home in Holmdel, NJ, when his car, an unoccupied SUV, started rolling down his driveway.  Moore tried to stop it, but he slipped on wet ground, was dragged under the car, and was crushed to death at age 28.

Poem of the Day - Part 77

 My Lady's Lamentation
by Jonathan Swift

My Lady's Lamentation and Complaint Against the Dean is a very long (226 lines) satirical poem that Swift wrote in 1728.  It has become noted for these 4 lines.  My interpretation of them may be slightly different than Swift's.

Hail, fellow well met,

All dirty and wet:

Find out, if you can,

Who's master, who's man.

Artists - Part 80

Adolfo de Karolis

Adolfo de Karolis, also known as de Carolis, (1874-1928) was an Italian artist.

In 1902 he married his favorite model, Lina Ciucci, to the disapproval of his family, which may account for his changing his name from Carolis to Karolis.  Above, a bookplate he designed using his new name.

He taught at the Academia di Belle Arti in Florence, and he revived the art of producing woodcuts.  He produced art in many formats.  He designed bank notes, posters, calendars, postcards, ads, and even product labels.  Above, Sanguine Nude, 1907.

His art was by no means limited to naked males, but he managed to portray quite a few of them.  Above, Sanguine Drawing, 1910.

A poster for the International Exposition of Industries in Turin, 1911.

The Archer, 1917, one of his woodcuts.

Aeroplani Pomilio (Pomilio Airplane), 1918.  I presume this is for an ad.

Motori Gnome e Rhone Torino (Gnome & Rhone Engines, Torino), 1918 is for another ad.

Il Gigante Caduto (The Fallen Giant), 1925.

We end with Dante - I Barattieri, illustrating the barrators in the eighth circle of Hell in Dante's Inferno.  Barrators are corrupt politicians who sell justice or government offices or employment for private profit.  Remind you of anyone in today's news?  Dante's punishment for them was to be immersed in a pool of boiling pitch and speared by devils if they rise above the surface.

Adolfo de Karolis came down with cancer and, after a few years of suffering, died in Rome, aged 54.

Beach Bums - Part 74

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Gods, Myths and Heroes - Part 71

 White Tail Resort Nudist Chapel

White Tail Resort is a nudist resort located in Ivor, Viginia, west of Norfolk.  Above, Smitty holds what looks like a T-shirt for the resort.

It's a place for nudists to relax and enjoy themselves.  It has a gym (above), indoor and outdoor swimming pools ...

a volleyball court, and more.

It's private and surrounded by woods.  Above, Smitty with some friends on the grounds.

Here they are from the rear, for those who appreciate that perspective (Rick).

But this post is in my series about gods, myths and heroes.  Well, White Tail Resort also provides a nudist chapel.

Churchgoers attend naked ...

and pastor Allen Parker preaches naked.

We end with Parker playing with his organ.

World Naked Bike Ride - Part 80

Portland 2019

We're about to enter Portland, Oregon.

Or perhaps you'd rather enter this piece of Portland.

World Naked Bike Riders gathered in Cathedral Park in 2019 ...

under St. Johns Bridge, which spans the Willamette River.

Then the ride began.  This video shows some of the riders leaving the park.  The bridge is in the background.

In some years, over 8000 riders have participated in the Portland WNBR, making it possibly the world's largest.

Some riders walked their bikes up this hill.

Others rode up the hill.

A bit farther up, this guy stopped to rest.  The World Naked Bike Ride doesn't require that you ride a bike (he's riding a scooter) and you don't even have to be naked (it's "as bare as you dare)".

Some spectators on the side of the road enjoying the view.

And remember, everything will be all right if you keep calm and love a dog.