diff --git a/clusterd b/clusterd
index fd857e1..5d15339 100755
--- a/clusterd
+++ b/clusterd
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ use Donald::FileInfo;
 use POSIX;
 use IO::Pipe;
 
-#--------------------------------------
+#-------------------------------------
 package My::Select;
 
-use Donald::Callback 1.01 ;
 use Donald::Tools;
 
 our $time=Donald::Tools::uptime();
@@ -30,11 +29,9 @@ sub My::Select::time
 our @TIMER=();				# ( [duetime,cb] , ... ) sorted by time
 our $active_timer_cb;
 
-sub timeout			# cb=Select::timeout(seconds,cb) or cb=Select::Timeout(seconds,subref [,args,...])
+sub timeout			# cb=Select::timeout(seconds,cb)
 {
-	my ($delta,$cb_or_sub,@args)=@_;
-	my $cb=new Donald::Callback($cb_or_sub,@args);
-
+	my ($delta,$cb)=@_;
 	my $duetime=$time+$delta;
 	@TIMER=sort {$a->[0] <=> $b->[0]} ( [$duetime,$cb] , @TIMER );
 	return $cb;
@@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ sub timeout			# cb=Select::timeout(seconds,cb) or cb=Select::Timeout(seconds,sub
 sub timeout_cancel		# cb=Select::timeout_cancel(cb)
 {
 	my ($cb)=@_;
-	@TIMER=grep {$_->[1] != $cb && $_->[1]->[0] != $cb} @TIMER;
+	@TIMER=grep {$_->[1] != $cb} @TIMER;
 	return $cb;
 }
 
@@ -58,24 +55,21 @@ our $active_io;				# [Handle,cb]
 
 sub reader					# cb = Select::reader(Handle,cb)
 {
-	my ($handle,$cb_or_sub,@args)=@_;
-	my $cb=new Donald::Callback($cb_or_sub,@args);
+	my ($handle,$cb)=@_;
 	push @READER,[$handle,$cb];
 	return $cb;
 }
 
 sub writer					# cb = Select::writer(Handle,cb)
 {
-	my ($handle,$cb_or_sub,@args)=@_;
-	my $cb=new Donald::Callback($cb_or_sub,@args);
+	my ($handle,$cb)=@_;
 	push @WRITER,[$handle,$cb];
 	return $cb;
 }
 
 sub except					# cb = Select::except(Handle,cb)
 {
-	my ($handle,$cb_or_sub,@args)=@_;
-	my $cb=new Donald::Callback($cb_or_sub,@args);
+	my ($handle,$cb)=@_;
 	push @EXCEPT,[$handle,$cb];
 	return $cb;
 }
@@ -107,7 +101,7 @@ sub run
 		$time=Donald::Tools::uptime();
 		while (@TIMER && $TIMER[0]->[0]<=$time) {
 			$active_timer_cb=(shift @TIMER)->[1];
-			$active_timer_cb->call();
+			$active_timer_cb->();
 		}
 		$active_timer_cb=undef;
 
@@ -122,7 +116,7 @@ sub run
 			for (my $i=0;$i<@READER;$i++) {
 				if (vec($rvec,$READER[$i]->[0]->fileno,1)) {
 					$active_io=splice @READER,$i,1;
-					$active_io->[1]->call();
+					$active_io->[1]->();
 					$active_io=undef;
 					last;
 				}
@@ -130,7 +124,7 @@ sub run
 			for (my $i=0;$i<@WRITER;$i++) {
 				if (vec($wvec,$WRITER[$i]->[0]->fileno,1)) {
 					$active_io=splice @WRITER,$i,1;
-					$active_io->[1]->call();
+					$active_io->[1]->();
 					$active_io=undef;
 					last;
 				}
@@ -138,7 +132,7 @@ sub run
 			for (my $i=0;$i<@EXCEPT;$i++) {
 				if (vec($evec,$EXCEPT[$i]->[0]->fileno,1)) {
 					$active_io=splice @EXCEPT,$i,1;
-					$active_io->[1]->call();
+					$active_io->[1]->();
 					$active_io=undef;
 					last;
 				}
@@ -157,7 +151,6 @@ use Storable;
 
 our $UDP_MAX=1472;		# for broadcast on alphas
 
-
 sub new				# ( Proto=>'udp',Broadcast=>1,LocalPort=>$UDP_PORT )
 {
 	my ($class,@args)=@_;
@@ -178,25 +171,23 @@ sub send_data
 
 sub reader
 {
-	my ($self,$sub,@args)=@_;
-	My::Select::reader($$self,$sub,@args);
+	my ($self,$sub)=@_;
+	My::Select::reader($$self,$sub);
 }
 
 sub receive_data
 {
-	my ($self,$sub,@args)=@_;
-	My::Select::reader($$self,\&receive_data_cb,$self,$sub,@args);
-}
+	my ($self,$cb,@args)=@_;
 
-sub receive_data_cb
-{
-	my ($self,$sub,@args)=@_;
-	my $data;
-	my $peer = $$self->recv($data,$UDP_MAX);
-	my ($udp_peer_port,$peer_iaddr)=unpack_sockaddr_in($peer);
-	my $udp_peer_addr=inet_ntoa($peer_iaddr);
-	My::Select::reader_requeue();
-	$sub->($data,$udp_peer_addr,$udp_peer_port,@args);
+	my $receive_data_cb=sub {
+		my $data;
+		my $peer = $$self->recv($data,$UDP_MAX);
+		my ($udp_peer_port,$peer_iaddr)=unpack_sockaddr_in($peer);
+		my $udp_peer_addr=inet_ntoa($peer_iaddr);
+		My::Select::reader_requeue();
+		$cb->($data,$udp_peer_addr,$udp_peer_port);
+	};
+	My::Select::reader($$self,$receive_data_cb);
 }
 
 #--------------------------------------
@@ -421,7 +412,7 @@ sub connect_request {
 
 	my $peernode=$socket->peerhost;
 	my $buffer='';
-	My::Select::reader($socket,\&receive,$socket,$peernode,\$buffer);
+	My::Select::reader($socket,sub{receive($socket,$peernode,\$buffer)});
 	# warn "$peernode: connect\n";
 }
 
@@ -1015,7 +1006,7 @@ sub mgmt_connect_request {
 
 	### warn "accepted mgmt connection from $peernode\n";
 
-	My::Select::reader($socket,\&mgmt_receive,$socket);
+	My::Select::reader($socket,sub{mgmt_receive($socket)});
 	$mgmt_sockets{$socket}=$socket;
 	$socket->print("clusterd ".version_info()." stupid console\n");
 	$socket->print("For historical messages, grep \"clusterd\" from /var/log/messages on $STAT_TARGET (or \"tail -f /var/log/messages |grep cluster\")\n");
@@ -1230,7 +1221,7 @@ sub clp_connect_request {
 
 	my $buffer='';
 
-	My::Select::reader($socket,\&clp_receive,$socket,\$buffer);
+	My::Select::reader($socket,sub{clp_receive($socket,\$buffer)});
 	$clp_sockets{$socket}=$socket;
 }
 
@@ -1346,7 +1337,7 @@ sub init_area {
 	warn "I am area router for $AREA_ROUTER{$my_hostname}\n";
 
 	$area_socket=new IO::Socket::INET (Proto=>'udp',LocalPort=>$UDP_PORT+1) or die "$!\n";
-	My::Select::reader($area_socket,\&area_message,$area_socket);
+	My::Select::reader($area_socket,sub{area_message($area_socket)});
 }
 
 sub area_message {
@@ -1470,7 +1461,7 @@ sub exec_at {
 	my $pbuffer='';
 	my $olbuffer='';
 	my $elbuffer='';
-	My::Select::reader($s,\&cmd_rx,$host,$s,\$pbuffer,\$olbuffer,\$elbuffer);
+	My::Select::reader($s,sub{cmd_rx($host,$s,\$pbuffer,\$olbuffer,\$elbuffer)});
 	$slave=1;
 	My::Select::run() if $slave;;
 }
@@ -1489,7 +1480,7 @@ sub lsof {
 		clp_send_message($s,'LSOF',$pattern);
 		my $pbuffer='';
 		my $olbuffer='';
-		My::Select::reader($s,\&lsof_rx,$host,$s,\$pbuffer,\$olbuffer);
+		My::Select::reader($s,sub{lsof_rx($host,$s,\$pbuffer,\$olbuffer)});
 		$slave++;
 	}
 	My::Select::run() if $slave;;