Eternal Evil Flame

This piece had the following caption in BMEzine’s September 27, 2006 tattoo gallery:Different Typs Of TattoosThis Is Kanji With Stars And A Green Filler(by Brandon Eardman, Tribal Expressions Tattoo & Body Piercing, 107 Highland rd Pauls Valley OK 73075) http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A60927/high/bmepb363279.jpgTo compare this person’s work...

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"Daisy"

Few days ago I received an email from an U. S. Navy recruiter in Jacksonville, Florida, asking me to translate this tattoo of a new recruit for him.The new recruit claimed that his tattoo means “Daisy” in Chinese.I tried my best to decipher it, and then I realized the “characters” are just English alphabets that made to mimic the “Chinese-look”. Here...

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Breaking of Extreme "Wind"

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Serenity’s Peach Tin Label

Reader Yin Huang spotted this peach tin label in The Prop Store of London.The label was made as a prop for the popular science fiction television show Serenity/Firefly. It was never used in the show, which is probably would be a good thing, since some of the printed Chinese characters are mirrored."A peach tin label made for the sci-fi adventure Serenity....

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I am the nerdiest nerd that ever did nerd.

Hello deliberate friends and accidental visitors, "Well betide you", as is often said in the Hc. Thank you to those who have offered well-wishes at my nuptials. Sure am a lot calmer since that sweet, strange day... so much so people are commenting. Enough of that.Had a great session with Dyan (my wonderful, pain-in-the-posterior, insightful slave-driving publisher at Omnibus here is South Terra Australis...

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Anti-Blood Clot Medication Kimono for Sale in Ebay

If you are interested in purchasing some authentic Japanese kimono replica, why not just check out eBay’s bargain selection?Especially item number 270025981666, “Boutique Clovergirls BDB Costume Geisha Kimono Japanese”. (thanks to "Furisode Fan" for the tip)* I have removed the photo that was originally posted here after “jetsoncity@gmail.com” (who...

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Music is Life

http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A60912/high/bmepb353388.jpg音乐是生命 means “music is life” in Chinese.If so, having the phrase partially tattooed, would that be the equivalent to “tone-deaf” of li...

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Tutor

This photo titled “gabriel” is posted in Flickr by user “PunkyPlastik”. http://flickr.com/photos/punkyplastik/241227196/The top character 傅 means “tutor” or “teacher”, however it is done incorrectly and missing a small horizontal stroke....

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Pothead

Tuur has sent in this photo of a fellow concert attendee from Leuven, Belgium several weeks ago. 大麻 is Simplified Chinese for “Cannabis Sativa”, also known as “marijuana”, “pot”, “chronic”, “weed”, “grass”, “ganja”, “420”, “blunt” (not James Blunt), “dope”, “reefer”, “mary jane” or “mj”, “cheeb...

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