The Drill Sergeant Speech
As of last semester, I took on an extra teaching gig at a local community college here in Memphis. For me, this is a bit of a return to my…
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The Drill Sergeant Speech
Respecting Our Past While Forging Our Future
I went to an art reception last night for one of my former art school instructors from Memphis College of Art. He is absolutely one of my favorite teachers I…
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Respecting Our Past While Forging Our Future
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A Tattooer By Any Other Name
When I first met my friend John, he was still pretty green and had a shop in Tupelo. The first business card he handed me read, “Tattoos by Ginsu.” When…
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A Tattooer By Any Other Name
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End of Year in Ink
It was the airport in New Orleans, sometime during the summer of the year 2000. It would be over a year before September 11 would happen. I was late for…
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End of Year in Ink
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Tattoo Semantics – Artists and Parlors and Guns, Oh My! | Fireside Blog
warning: nerd entry It was a grey day in February, but surprisingly not terribly cold. I had been hanging out at Three Tides Tattoos in Osaka in my spare time…
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Tattoo Semantics – Artists and Parlors and Guns, Oh My! | Fireside Blog