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Prison tattoos in a new light 8 Jul 2013 | 10:22 pm
Prison tattoos are a category unto themselves. Usually done with some kind of makeshift, homemade instrument and ink, they have a unique look and symbolism. (Sometimes I wonder how people survive the ...
Worst tattoos are everywhere 11 May 2013 | 12:09 am
I recently got hooked on TLC’s America’s Worst Tattoos. It’s a half-hour show that features some of the most incredible “What were they THINKING” ink in the USA (it does live up to its name). When I f...
Gah. 12 Mar 2013 | 04:54 am
Yes, let a poor lonely blog languish for a while and you come back and find someone’s moved the furniture! Apparently my favorite theme isn’t available any more. So I’ll have to go in quest of a new ...
Tattoos in the news 15 Jan 2013 | 01:10 am
One of the things that happens when we mark our bodies permanently is, you guessed it, they are permanently marked. Our tattoos thus become a form of identification. Recently, a suspected child moles...
Safe bodies in California 25 Jun 2012 | 06:26 am
The front page story in the Los Angeles Daily News today featured photos of tattoo artists at work. Right in the English: Tattoo parlor shop. New York City 2005 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) center of t...
Wearing your pet on your sleeve 25 May 2012 | 11:37 am
Not long ago I saw a woman who had a very colorful sleeve that featured portraits of several cats. I didn’t ask her about Calypso, a real-life good-luck calico cat it, but if that were my sleeve, it...
Ink in high places 11 May 2012 | 10:11 am
So, it’s not just us regular folk who get decorated. According to an article in Roll Call, there are several members of Congress who have tattoos. Reading the article, I was actually surprised that t...
More on tattoos and diabetes 1 Mar 2012 | 01:24 pm
We’ve had several discussions here over the years about whether tattoos are safe for diabetics. There really is no set answer to the question, since there are far too many variables. The size of the ...
A new kind of fake tattoo 28 Feb 2012 | 09:52 am
I love the How-To Geek blog, which is always full of interesting tidbits. Today, they explain how to create a fake tattoo with Photoshop or other image editing software. It’s not really a fake tattoo...
Meow, Ink. 11 Oct 2011 | 06:49 am
I”ve read the Moderncat blog for a long time (and I’m sure our three cats approve of this). Today I discovered that Moderncat has a new blog called CattooDesign. It is, as you can guess, a showcase f...