epiphany

you are the only person i know who could get away with a tattoo + bow-tie combination. =}

Very Very cool. I have four and I'd have more but my husband says I look like I came from the village...

The wrist, that must have hurt like anything. I always likened it to a safety pin being scratched over the same spot again and again.

Whew, when I saw that first entry I thought you had slit your wrists or something. Thankfully you did something much more sensible...I think.

I know for a fact there are other viewers of your blog who have had such markings for some time yet, from a hindering lack of boldness, have not broadly revealed them. I believe it is time for all proud bearers of tattoos to come forth and proclaim it!

this proud bearer hides nothing. i raise my wrist high! except when i am teaching. the kids don't need another distraction. the not-so-subtle nose-ring hider is distracting enough!

Is that a sideways admission, Jason? ;-)

And here I thought I'd raised a wise son. Mom

I have one too.
(And it's funny -- my mom's actually here reading over my shoulder. I was introducing her, 75, to the world of blogs. What do you have to say to other moms of the tattoed? ::Laughs:: "It's a waste of money!" No seriously, Mom. ::sad sigh:: "There are worse things.")

But I love it!

Well, Jon, I've never understood the desire for tattoos, and I would never have pegged you as a tattooine. But I won't disown you over it.

Now, if you get a nose ring...we may need to talk. :-P