Marks of the cross that don’t rub off

Tattoo representing the Fourth Station: Jesusmeeting his mother As mentioned previously, I’m a tattooed person. Not heavily so, but I’ve got ’em. I also have, after quite a lot of observation of other people’s tattoos and their explanations of why they got them, developed a schema regarding the central elements of getting a tattoo: 1) … Read more

On bumper stickers and “bumper stickers”

From The Washington Post: Looking to Avoid Aggressive Drivers? Check Those Bumpers: Watch out for cars with bumper stickers.That’s the surprising conclusion of a recent study by Colorado State University social psychologist William Szlemko. Drivers of cars with bumper stickers, window decals, personalized license plates and other “territorial markers” not only get mad when someone … Read more

The saddest tattoo

Oh, I know there are sadder ones– Ugliest Tattoos is on my blogroll.  But this one must be way up there: PZ Myers writes: I have a recommendation for his left arm, though—something from Leviticus 19.   Lev 19:26 Eat not on the mountains, nor shall ye employ auguries, nor divine by inspection of birds. … Read more