You Know More Than You Think You Do


Quite the murderer’s row of babies on the old ModBlog lately, no? First we had last week’s Smurficide, and now Back Sass Jezebel‘s stunning little Dahlia Grace here just made my heart explode. Good grief. It just got a little dusty here at the office.

(“My little girl loves her daddy,” says the new mama, and those would be daddy’s hands, with tattoo work by Tom at Inksanity in Somerset, New Jersey.)

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This is a Public Service Announcement


This isn’t a particularly provocative statement, but DrPhil‘s back-piece up there is one of the more original designs I’ve seen in a while. Not that something has to be unique to be great, of course, but there’s some stylistic stuff here you just don’t see very often, and I think it makes for an interesting piece. Also, any reference to The Clash, intentional or not, is a winner.

(Tattoo on DrPhil, by Basti at Morbus Gravis in Darmstadt, Germany.)

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Aww, Nothing Gets Santorum Out


I really like that this tattoo came down the pipe just as poet laureate Dan Savage decided on a definition for America’s favorite new dirty sexy sex word, Saddlebacking, in honor of the awful walrus-looking gay-hating purpose-driven pastor of the Saddleback Church, Rick Warren. That is all.

(Tattoo by Peter at Rainbow Tattoo in Nora, Sweden.)

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This Week in BME


Who the hell doesn’t?

(Tattoo by Shauncey at Three Saints Tattoo in Pensacola, Florida.)

So, that was a fun week, right? Let’s look back at what went down:

  • We wished that all fast food waitresses looked as good as this.
  • We killed some dreams, because, hey, why not?
  • Hey, Obama took office! Time to make party!
  • SOMEBODY doesn’t like cheese, and is also a filthy communist, probably.
  • Oh my God, please, whatever you do, take care of your stretched lobes in this frigid wintry weather, or else disgusting and painful things will happen.
  • AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
  • Anyone up for a Super Bowl bet?
  • Some of you are awful at following instructions re: political flame wars.
  • BME’s Big Question made its triumphant return! Go read it! Right now!
  • And there we have it, folks. Stick around over the weekend for the sexy funtime you’ve come to expect. Have a great weekend, everyone, and as always, thank you for your continued support of BME.

    Schwing


    Let’s just establish this right off the bat, to avoid any arguments: It says “Party Time.” Not “Potty Time” (even though that would be great), not “Party Lime” (though that does sound tasty), and not “Larry Slime” (he prefers to be called “Lawrence”). We have that settled? Now, if so much as one person posts a link to a calligraphy site, I’m turning this blog around, so help me God.

    It’s “Party Time.” Get stoked.

    (This righteousness is featured on thewhaler, and was done by Derek Hutchinson at Sacred Skin in Des Moines, Iowa.)

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