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St. Valentine

by on February 14, 2012 in Spiritual

History.com was where I learned the possible beginnings of Valentine’s Day. One story goes like this: A guy named Valentine (the Catholic church has 3 St. Valentines according to History.com) was a priest during the rule of Emperor Claudius II in third century Rome.  Ol’ Claude decided that single men made better soldiers than those [...]

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Marks You Cannot See

by on February 9, 2012 in Spiritual

There are really neat looking WHITE ink tats I learned about while looking at tat images all over the net. To me, white ink tattoos resemble the color of scars. They are scars in the place you choose, in the shape you choose, telling the story you choose. Not so with all scars. Some scars [...]

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Tattoos Are For Losers

by on February 9, 2012 in Spiritual

I was googling tattoo images and stories while thinking about this blog. There does not seem to be a lot of middle ground on opinions of tattoos. People are either 100% in support or 100% against tattoos. Tons of strongly opinionated posts and heated comments are all over the Internet. Type “tattoos are” in your [...]

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Scars Are Tattoos With Better Stories

by on February 7, 2012 in Spiritual

I don’t have a tattoo, but I have a few physical scars. And each scar has a story. One is a scar on my left knee, about an inch and a half long in a slight arch, with a line of dots on each side from the stitches. I cut myself with scissors. I was [...]

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Do You Tattoo?

by on February 6, 2012 in Spiritual

Do you have a tattoo? Or twelve? I don’t have one. Not because I am anti-tat, but because of the permanency of them. I am analytical, and I talk myself out of the idea in just a few days. If I were an impulsive person, I’d have several. There is one idea I have for [...]

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