Saturday, October 29, 2005

"Bitter"


http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51012/high/bmepb147728.jpg

means "bitter", "hardship", or "suffering".

The three exact emotions this guy is going through right now.


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GQ magazine Nov. 2005 Issue

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Friday, October 21, 2005

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Sunday, October 16, 2005

"Colorful Rat"

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Upside Down "Beauty"

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"Robert"

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"Where To?"


http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51012/high/bmepb149670.jpg

Due to the tattoo’s poor penmanship, it is very difficult to determine what the client’s original intension was.

The tattooed character could either be (what, why, where, which, how) or (direction).


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Big Mistake



This young man got two Chinese characters tattooed on his bicep and was told they meant "courage". I have posted about the exact same tattoo earlier, when I first saw it in 2003.

The phrase means “big mistake" or "shortcoming".


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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Sunday, October 9, 2005

Thursday, October 6, 2005

Excrement


http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51003/high/bmegl144166.jpg

Granted the character was done correctly, but the question still remains:

What is the purpose of having (excrement; feces) tattooed on one’s leg?

Update: Many readers have commented about this tattoo being fake. That is NOT true. The actual work was done by Danny Fowler of Ancient Art Tattoo in Roanoke, VA.


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"Forever Family Reputation"

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005

Sunday, October 2, 2005

Firefly's "Electricity Caution" Sign


http://barneygumble742.tripod.com/firefly_xp.htm

Reader Norman emailed me this screen capture. The second character (electricity) of this caution sign in the show Firefly is mirrored. It is also interesting to point out that in the future, spaceships will run on Microsoft Windows and don't lose those device driver disks.

Update: I saw the movie Serenity last night. Although there were some Chinese inconsistencies throughout the movie, overall it was very good. I have to say it was definitely one of the few good Sci-Fi movies that I have enjoyed in long time.