Whoa hey, sorry for the late start today, folks! Apparently the Internet here at your editor’s palatial estate shuts on down when the temperature rises above 112 degrees. Anyway! The lovely sugarbritches checks in from sunny Atlanta, Georgia, where the people are used to this sort of wretched heat and are likely far more stoic than yours truly, showing off this colorful floral, fruity chest-piece featuring not just a “Sacred Peach” (right?) but also Georgia’s state motto. Now if anybody needs me, I’ll be in the shade of a pecan tree, drinking a tall glass of sweet tea and praying for an iceberg to hit my house.

(Tattoo by Malia Reynolds at Memorial Tattoo in Atlanta, Georgia.)

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And finally, gentle readers, let’s end today with a tasty tribute to fruits, vegetables and other various non-meat products, courtesy of the very talented Dyrti Al, who can be found tattooing organic goodies—among other things, presumably—at Electric Pencil in South Lake Tahoe, California. BME, of course, if nothing else, supports clean living, so on behalf of Dyrti Al, your local green grocer, produce farmers everywhere, new-school tattooing as a general aesthetic movement, four out of five dentists and Dead Prez, we wish you a good night.

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Well, after last night’s exercise in grotesquerie, with all the dead famous folks, we figured some much-needed levity was the order of the day, and what better way to get our minds off of the tragedy of premature death than with sweet, delicious cupcakes? Miss Martin out of Shaman Modifications Tattoo & Piercing Studio in Austin, Texas, just sent in this series of cupcake (and other pastry-related) tattoos, because, hey, who doesn’t love cupcakes? Plenty more, after the jump.

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Good afternoon, ModBloggers! Hope the day finds you well. Whether you’re celebrating Easter, watching a full slate of baseball or just enjoying the sun, what better way to wrap up a day than with a visit from the meat fairy? Clearly, Lindsay agrees.

(Tattoo by Eric Blood at Hardnox Tattoo in Franklin, New Jersey.)

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Kentucky Pride! I have to say, I’m really enjoying the “rising sun” motif with ol’ Colonel Sanders over top, there. I’m still waiting for the cagematch tattoo featuring Wilford Brimley, the Quaker Oats man and the aforementioned Colonel fighting it out to the bloody death. Don’t let me down, America.

After the jump, just for fun, two of the finest bits of KFC-related comedy you’ll probably see all day.

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