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Hold it, tattoos itch?????? :-)

For those of you that live alone, how do you perform after care for a back piece? There are some places that I just can't reach to wash and put A&D or Coco Butter on until it's fully healed. Thanks.

You could start by reading the thread entitled what makes a good tattoo. If you can't tell a shit tattoo from a decent tattoo then you probably haven't looked at enough tattoos. It takes time and effort. Download tattoos by tattooers respected on this forum and compare them to the tattoos in the crappy tattoo threads. Go on YouTube and look at episodes of tattoo wars. Listen to the advice from people on here, most of who know a lot more than me. You'll likely get a tattoo commiserate with the effort you put into finding a good tattoo artist.

Please do :-) It would be unseemly for a man to start that thread!

I agree! :-)

Actually I think PRISON could be unsafe! :-)

+1 I hate excuses ... and shortcuts. Do it right or don't do it. What kind of academic contribution is someone going to make with last-minute "research" hastily gathered from an online forum? You don't have any idea who you are gathering information from, no controls, no basis for judging their opinions, etc, etc, etc. Learn a few rules about academic research. Getting your Master's degree is an achievement because when it's done right, it's hard work and time consuming. When you take short cuts you cheapen the value of a degree for everyone.

Agree and underline :-)

Act in haste, repent in leisure. Too bad she didn't spend as much time researching this scratcher as she is spending outing him. I hope he winds up in jail. She's already gotten her punishment.

If you don't go to hell for having tattoos, you are going for saying that :-)

I'm working on my Master's Degree in theology at an ecumenical institute that doesn't lean toward any particular Christian Religion. When you say most accurate, that opens a can of worms. Most accurate as in close to the original words, or the original meaning? Some words don't mean the same thing when you consider the context and time they were written in. They will not let us reference the King James version for class work and the preferred version of the bible is the New Revised Standard Version. I'm currently working on my Thesis and I can tell you that it's no wonder religions are so fucked up. You have a bunch of ignorant imbeciles who have never actually studied the bible reading a 400 year old translation of a translation and treating it like a text book that is to be followed literally. As one of my professors liked to point out; in John 10:9 Jesus says, "I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture." Do they think Jesus has a door knob in his belly? After all, he said he is the door.

Very slick. He debunks the usual arguments to make you feel like he is on your side, then brings up a bunch of new arguments, almost in an apologetic manner. He comes across as a folksy, good old boy, but this has a very calculated approach.

Heavily tattooed = someone with more tattoos that you have. :-)

I finally admitted to myself that I'm probably not going to stop any time soon. First I was just going to get a tattoo, then just a sleeve, then just a sleeve and a chest panel. Now I'm deciding between another sleeve or a big back/side piece. Just deciding which will be first. I'll stop when I stop.

Stewart, what a great explanation! As usual I'm over thinking it. I've purchased some books and I guess I'll go with what I like and let my tattooer guide me. It's not so much that I'm trying to build a narrative using images, I just want to know what I'm putting on my skin. Dan - thanks for the links.

I was raised catholic too. When I actually read the bible I don't know if I was more surprised by what WAS in the bible or what WASN'T in the bible.

I'm so disgusted and ashamed :-( Well, since I'm already damaged goods, I guess I'll just go get another tattoo!! That article proves the Mark Twain saying, "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."

I've done a search on the net and on here but can't find what I'm looking for. Does anyone know a source to explain the symbolism behind Japanese tattoos? I'm not talking about high level Koi means this, Dragon means this; I'm talking about a really detailed explanation such as an explanation of what the symbolism behind a Samurai holding a scroll in his mouth is, or what it means for a Samurai to be shown killing a Koi fish. I'm thinking about ideas for my next big piece and don't just want to put some random symbols on myself, or if I do, I want to do it by choice, not by ignorance. Thanks.

I'm finally finishing my sleeve and chest panel on February 1 (Dragon Koi Sleeve, Hannya mask chest panel). I started it almost one year ago to the day. I called to set an appointment to start my next piece. The first all-day appointment he had was March 22. I'm kind of bummed I can't start my next piece until then, but I'm going in this week to talk about what is next. We're going to kick around ideas, but at this point I'm undecided about doing the next sleeve and chest panel, or something really big on one side of my back and ribs.

I thought that was Joe Capobianco.

We need a list of Peckisms. We can say that the contestant has been Peckered! "Man, that hand looks like it got caught in a garbage disposal!"

Yea, that will stand the test of time ... NOT.

That may be the worst interview I've ever read. That was like reading an interview with a block of wood. Short, one sentence answers.

I still laugh when I think about that line, "You - do - not - go - to - the - second - grade - if - you - can - not - pass - the - first - grade."

That's cause one of their boyz in the posse gotta dope kitchen inkin' for $20!