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With all the Pacquiao drama going on, this has been popping up again. I, personally, find it thoroughly entertaining...;) Dr. Laura Schlesinger is a US radio personality who dispenses advice to people who call in to her radio show. Recently, she said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance. The following is an open letter to Dr. Laura penned by a US resident, which was posted on the Internet. It's funny, as well as informative......... Dear Dr. Laura Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate. I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the other specific laws and how to follow them. 1. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them? 2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her? 3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual cleanliness - Lev.15:19-24. The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offence. 4. Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians? 5. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself? 6. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination - Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this? 7. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here? 8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev.19:27. How should they die? 9. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves? 10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? - Lev.24:10-16. Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev.20:14) I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging. Your devoted disciple and adoring fan, Jack

Henry Lewis:

Stuart G Cripwell Spider Murphy's Tattoo .

Welcome, talk to the person who he is apprenticing under and maybe it can be a learning lesson for all involved????

ease up buddy. it's ball busting, and everyone i know does it to each other. especially when a client uses a slang term that makes us cringe. also, there isn't anything wrong with $100 pieces of flash, and anyone who looks down their nose at someone who walks in and picks something off the wall gets less respect from me than someone who thinks less of that person.

his fake teeth look rotten.

This Timothy Hoyer piece always gave me chills...

Chris "Pee Wee" Levi (1999)

This kind of reminds of me of a guy who walked into the shop awhile back. Basically he just wanted to talk about Lewis Hess from Atlas Tattoo and how good he was and how he was the only one who could pull off the tattoos he would want. That statement I thought was a little much, but I like Lewis' work so I went with it and let him rant a little bit. He showed me his tattoo, yes he only had one, and it wasn't from Lewis. Then out of nowhere he told me how he never cared for the traditional style that came out of a certain shop that my owner just happened to work at for about 10 years before opening this one. I kind of went off on the guy and told him everything I was thinking and I felt bad, because I think he just wanted to feel cool in the tattoo shop and drop some names. Now I know this thread isn't exactly like my situation, but looking for someone to tell you whether Regino is the best or not is not going to happen, it's just not that cut and dry and if there were any issues people had with his style, it would kind of be in bad taste to do in this thread. Go to Invisible and see what he is all about, and look at his stuff if you still aren't sure, but if your gut tells you he is the guy for you then he probably is.

Nice to see TTW chiming in. Agreed. Get tattooed from people when you like their work. I guarantee the best tattooer in the world (if that that is even possible) is somebody none of us have ever heard of of banging out amazing work day-in and day-out and not giving a good goddamn about whether anyone thinks he/she is the best tattooer.

I've been wanting a butterfly/moth for a while. Theo Mindell does amazing butterflies, and the shop he works at is pretty close to me. Not sure who I would go to for a moth, though. Theo Mindell:

Searched, and didn't find a thread on wolf tattoos, so I decided to make one. Daryl Rodriguez, Hold It Down Tattoo: John Reardon: Chad Koeplinger: Jelle: Daniel Trocchio: Kim-Anh Nguyen-Dinh: Stefano Cera: Clay McCay: Erick Lynch: Ron Henry Wells: Steve Byrne: Jef Whitehead:

I have moths tattooed on my throat, flying in toward a candle. Their antennae aren't fuzzy so I guess I really have butterflies, huh? Whatever. As for unicorns, I always found it strange somehow that a big, powerful animal like a horse that can kick your brains out gets a long, sharp horn suitable for goring and all of the sudden it's sissy stuff for an 8 year old girl's sticker collection.

Throwing in Brokeback Mountain was my personal favorite

*Best Thread EVER! I hope this never ends:)

Not sure if he would have cited Picasso as an influence but when I look at Lee Roy's wolves I think of Guernica . Lee Roy Minugh

This thread gets a +1.

This thing is alltime by Jef Whitehead .

Trick question. Lemmy is God ;)

its nice that your paying attention, and its nice to know your can quote a respectable tattooer but at the end of the day its your choice. youve seen regino's work so if you like it what difference does it make. go get tattooed. plus whos give a flying fuck who the best is.

Just remembered this butterfly woman by Bailey Hunter Robinson.

I love my ray ban wayfarer's , does this mean i'm a hipster....:eek:

Not really a funny story around the same subject.... Someone called my grandfather (who's going through chemo for the second time) pretending to be me saying that I was in jail and need 1,500 dollars in order to be bailed out. Since he's not really on his game because of the chemo he went to the bank, got out 1,500 dollars and awaited another phone call saying where to send the money to. He ended up western unioning that shit to Spain. Finally the next day, he calls me and asks me what type of shit I got myself into and why I needed 1,500 dollars. He felt pretty lame when I told him to call the cops and report it. BUT... I found out that my grandfather would bail me out of jail without explanation... which was pretty great.

Classifications are silly ,contradictions are cool , if someone wears anything with confidence they can pull it off .

Apparently I recieved this email today. I won't bore you with the whole thing. Here's the gist "Federal Bureau of Investigation Anti-Terrorist and International Fraud Division. Federal Bureau Of Investigation. Seattle, Washington. ATTN: BENEFICIARY This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you legally won the sum of $800,000.00 USD from a Lottery Company outside the United States of America. During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via a Certified Cashier's Check." Aren't I the lucky one. All I have to do is send $500 via Western Union/Moneygram to cover fees etc. Might have some fun with these motherfuckers.

Here's hoping he does a huge "SUCK MY BIG HUGE BIONIC COCK" tattoo for TITD fans.

This thread has made me incredibly happy. It makes me think of this scene in Religulous:

@Dan S: Cool, no problems from me. Just when you asked which shop is better...it almost begged an answer. I see where you're coming from. I also don't want to come off like, "a customer should know his place". The wearers of these tattoos we do are what it's all about. You'll see prior posts from me stating just that. It's not about tattooers' names and egos but what they're sending out the door and what it does for the wearer. We're all invested in this thing, just from different ends. I just think there are a few too many opinions about tattooing from outside of the industry and not enough tattooers protecting our trade from the inside, if you will...but I'm just a crabby tattooer who's heard a long line of customers chiming in on how the business should run. This is an open forum and I'm not trying to police it. Some of the best stuff comes up just from the back and forth of it all. Sure, some people need to be put in their place and it's hard to tell who's who but I wasn't putting that on you. It was just a general statement. You'd know better than I if it applies to you. Alright, I'm off to look for a bitchin $20 tattoo.

Fake teeth can only stand so much cigarette smoke and gin.

It was nearly a month ago now, but my last piece was done in Nashville @ Black 13. Timmy B. Anchor & rose on my neck. Can't wait to get back to that guy again, might have to make it a birthday present to myself. http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6060/52918237078323336951212.jpg Hooray for first post, breaking the ice.

Clay getting some shine! He does amazing work. The Turk

Regino is a versatile tattooer that does excellent work.But your going from getting tattooed by kitchen magicians,to wanting to go to one of the best tattooers in NYC isn't necessary.I'm not saying don't get tattooed by him,but saying you don't have to go to just one guy,or one shop, to get good work.Sometimes we wan't the best tattooer to do our work,when a really good tattooer could have been enough.

I lost a friend over the weekend. Marty was brilliant and he was also a mess. He told stories that were almost never true, but he also had a kind and empathetic heart. When he listened to you, you knew he was listening. Not sure why I am posting it here...some sort of memento mori, or epitaph? Not sure, I just wanted to let the world know that I loved my friend.

If you like Reginos stuff, why dont you just go to him. When it comes to artists in Reginos caliber, issues like whos the best dont really matter. If you like him, go for it.

Hey @jade1955 when you have a Strapadictome, they don't have to go through the rectum to perform the procedure do they? This is an excellent saga to say the least. David does seem to be getting quite short now with his responses though... maybe he needs some wooing? Grab him a present from the best feckin post office around and send it to him... 'bat plugs' perhaps? ;)

I would argue that it's not random, Petri. As for Cleen being in here to defend himself- not that a defense is needed- that's the line you cross when you step into the 'public persona' realm. If you're going to be producing videos about yourself or charging $500/hr, you step away from just being someone who's part of a weird little community (tattooers/tattooed) and try to make yourself into a brand. When that happens.... alls fair. We're certainly still going to make fun of Ed Hardy clothing (despite loving Ed) even though he's not here to defend himself. That said, as a social critic I charge $500/hr. Ya'all need to pay up :D

TimmyTats and Krooked Ken

He got back to me this morning. A man of very few words. Mike, It can only be released to me when i pay the fund to the department.Today is Friday, you have just today to send the fund so as to get your check to you asap. I've sent this back Hi David I am a bit confused. I thought you said I had won this money but you are now saying I have to send the fee by today. Why is this. You didn't mention this in your original email? I take it I can send the money to your bank account via the post office transfer like I suggested in my email. What will happen if I can't get the money to you today? It's just that I'm not very mobile at the moment and have difficulty getting around. I only came out of hospital last tuesday and I am still recovering after having a strapadictome. Kindest regards Mike

Lmao. At some point maybe this story line needs some romance? David seems like quite a sweet guy and look at how much he's trying to help you. You really should maybe let him know that feelings may be starting to grow ;) either way

@Jennifer Stell awesome especially dig the knee and death rose heres one from yesterday

Keep it traditional- giant shunga and namakubi prints everywhere ;)

Vinnie Stigma (Agnostic Front) saves a child’s life – Dying Scene Champion.

I have butterflies and roses what !?

Filip Leu's got a unicorn.

I am a big fan of the female physique, but the last thing I want to think about when getting tattooed is getting laid. I get tattoos so I can get laid (I'm kidding, kinda...ok, maybe I'm not).

Little Miss Sunshine said it the best "Do what you love, and fuck the rest." If I got tattoos for other people I would have a shit ton of bad tribal everywhere.

@Hunter Morrow - I'm simultaneously impressed and appalled by your audacity. I can really only speak for myself here - but one of things I love about LST is the variety of opinions expressed and the (generally) courteous manner in which differences are handled. Having said that... It is really a bummer to see such a base and judgmental comment here.

i put this on a guy when i first came to berlin and was doing a guest spot at fuer immer. the appointment was booked before i arrived, and i was a little unsure if i should do, because, believe it or not, the drawing he had brought in was of even lower quality. after some contemplation and discussing it with one of the owners who said he would probably do it, i decided to do it. when the customer came in, i asked him about his design. in poor english he explained that his old roommate had painted it on his shower curtain years ago and he loved the image. he didn't seem retarded, so i went for it. he came back to me a few months ago for another tattoo, which was also weird, but maybe not as weird, and says he still loves the penis. also, his english seems to have improved.

Sorry no pics, I wish I had them though.