All right all RIGHT Mum Revised I’ll write my post like a good girl. My neglected; dishes, carpet, animals, children and personal appearance are on YOU. And to the over 1,700 (!!!) new followers I received on facebook in the last two weeks ; ? Welcome Aboard! Time to lower those expectations This post has NOTHING […]
Christmas Tattoos – What Would Dickens Say?
Because it’s almost Christmas and because I’m taking a break with my Witch Doctors and Woe series (but will return in a couple of weeks with stories about that hot Israeli guy I met in Ecuador and almost; drowned on a river, died in the jungle, got murdered by a local village, disappeared on a cargo ship, saw “Benny […]
The Vegan and the Carnivore
So my husband is a tattoo tire-kicker. Do you know what I mean? He likes talking about tattoos, looking at tattoos, researching artists and making grand statements about what he wants to put on his skin. Meanwhile he doesn’t have a spot on him – unless freckles count. note: This is not my husband’s back […]
Tattoo Regretsy
Do you remember the brilliant blog Regretsy? If you ever had the pleasure of dipping into this treasure trove of absurdity and wonderment then you know what I mean. If not here is a tiny tiny example of what you missed; In a nut shell the satirical genius – April Winchell would comb etsy and select […]
Bloggers to Take to a Desert Island – Did You Make the List?
Wait a minute! It’s Thursday right? Why are we not visiting the Amazon? is there no consistency in this world – or in this blog? Aren’t you suppose to be writing about tattoos? Tranquillo gentle reader (or readers if this is an especially good traffic day for my blog) – our Amazonian journey will continue – next Thursday. And I […]
20 Years 10 Promises – There and Back Again
I feel a little like Bilbo Baggins today – looking back over the many years and reflecting on my wild and unlikely adventures. So maybe I didn’t travel thousands of miles on foot with a gaggle of irritable dwarves to battle an assortment of trolls, goblins and freaky spiders – and a grumpy fire-breathing dragon. No, […]
Tattoos and Kids- Am I a bad mother or a BAD MUTHA?
Just to recap – I have tattoos AND I have kids. Not exactly earth-shattering stuff, I know and yet…these are two “possessions” (for lack of a better word) that lead to more assumptions and judgement than just about anything else I can imagine. Eons ago when I was young and dinosaurs still roamed the earth […]
10 Myths About Tattooed Women
Once you get bitten by the tattoo bug it can be hard to stop. I have an arm to finish up next month and I am already thinking about my first leg piece. When will I stop? When will I have “enough” ink? I don’t know, really. What I DO know is that there are a […]
I Don’t Give a Damn Bout My Bad Reputation…
Remember Joan Jett? How bad-ass is this lady? Whether you like her music or not you have to admire that level of self-determination and perseverance. Plus she is ageing like a fucking Ninja and still playing live and basically not giving a shit what people think about her. Imagine the freedom? Her music endures and continues […]
Throwback Thursday? I Think I Got It…
Today is Throwback Thursday, right? I would not have figured this out at all if it weren’t for www.thebloggess.com explaining it in one of her tweets. That’s how online savvy I am. So here is my Throwback pic from about 7 years ago – it is a promotional pic from my former career as […]
