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Damn, @KYboy. You just come to the Bay and steal all our killer tattoos in the night?

Just spectacular!

Finally! I love his work so much. Excellent choice, my man.

You make great decisions, my friend.

Welcome! I think y'all are the first twins on LST.

Congrats! Now post a damn photo. :)

Very cool, @Tittleton. Are you Texan? I am, and that's a very famous (and awesome) bit of Texas history right there.

Thanks for sharing this, @Deb Yarian! What a lucky kid. Not only does he have the fortune of being born into a great tattoo family, but he also gets to go to an Ivy League Tattoo School for the summer.

Thanks, @Duffa. I couldn't have been farther off! @Iwar, I got tattooed by Horimasa a few years back. Super nice guy, huh? And his tebori wasn't really painful at all. I looooove that hannya!

Love those little pieces, @Duffa! All I could make out was "Daruma-no..." in the joke. So "Daruma's" something.

@Duffa, I am so stoked for you! That's a killer start.

Who did that girl head?

Taking a week-long break from rolling around on staph-covered mats doesn't sound like a terrible idea.

Yeah, that stuff!

@jacobyoung, I didn't know you worked with him. I'm a fan, and really enjoy his Instagram.

Right on! I first met J at SOG when Horitomo was starting his head. Such a nice guy.

Jorge? I mean, Ben's done damn near every other part of his face. :)

Welcome to LST. Who's done your tattoos?

Nice post, @Pleadco. Seriously. I'm sorry to see Dan go, but we are not in the business of begging members to stay if they say they wanna leave. All of us mods work full-time jobs and several of us have families, so you'll understand if we prioritize certain things. @Delicious, Dan did post in the Random Crap forum, a subset of the Off-Topic forum. If he had posted this in the General Tattoo Discussion forum, well, that's one thing, but I think you were a little out of line. I'm not defending his response to you, but I can see how he might have been put off by your comments. It says a lot about LST that flare-ups like this are as rare as they are, so please miss me with any potential "LST ain't what it used to be" threads. I'm proud to be a part of this place, and I thank all of you for helping to make it what it is. Except for Bubbleberry. Fuck that guy.

Good dog! And what a looker.

For father's day, my wife gave me a copy of The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt. As it says on the front cover, "If Cormac McCarthy had a sense of humor, he might have concocted a story like Patrick deWitt's bloody, darkly funny western." I love it, and i think that @dcostello and @Jake might, too.

Now what I was expecting, but super awesome nonetheless! What a cool idea.

^^^^^That top one is on Ben Grillo, the bottom one is on Drew Flores. I have no idea why anyone would roll their eyes at these; I think they're brilliant.

What a relief! Now exhale. :)

I agree with this. Maybe it's because I was super nervous before getting my knee done, but for the most part, it wasn't all that bad. The worst bit was just below the kneecap and on the side of it. Not really looking forward to the knee ditch, though.