There's a new book out called No Regrets: The Best, Worst, & Most #$%*ing Ridiculous Tattoos Ever, with a 20-image gallery currently available online.

After a look at the photos, my verdict is "don't bother". There's nothing that even comes close to "fighing Irish", "you bleed just to know your alive", or even "beautiful tradgedy"Really, just skip ( Read more... )

A recent question on Ask Metafilter:Can anyone recommend a cheap hobby tattoo machine? There's a bunch with varying prices online, but some anecdotal evidence never hurts. I was going to build my own until I found out how cheap some of them are, but only want to get one if it's worth it.

Big sappy moosh alert: if you haven't already read the article Heaven's Angels in the New York Times, you might want to have some tissues nearby.


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