Mastectomy Tattoos

This is a lovely idea: women who have had full or partial mastectomies have used tattoos to cover or incorporate their scars, turning what can seem a permanent disfigurement into a source of beauty and self expression.

At Babble.com there's a nice gallery -- likely safe for work unless you're surrounded by conservative nuts or work in North Korea. Via MetaFilter.

Celebrity Make-Unders (What Celebrities Would Look Like if they were Related to Me)

Planet Hiltron, run by photographer Danny Evans, takes photos of celebrities and with unspecified Photoshop magic involving photo composites and not age altering software, makes them look like non-celebrities. Very nice, Mr. Evans, very nice. Via Kotke.

Britney Spears

Quiz: Jay-Z Lyric or Line From The Great Gatsby?

From Vulture, an online presence of New York Magazine, comes the quiz Jay-Z Lyric or Line From The Great Gatsby?

Hey, this is hard. I got exactly zero right.

Nice Tat, Dude

I, admittedly, am not much of a tattoo fan, but this is a great set of tattoos:

C215

C215 (given name Christian Guémy) is a French street artist (some call him the French Bansky, though I hate that, and he probably does, too) who layers stenciled images with sprayed and brushed paint. His is simply awesome. I thought about writing about why -- in fact, I've erased a lot of words on that, something about his work being an advertisement for humanity and life, with great technique and eye, etc. etc. -- but I should just let his work speak for itself.

Below the break, many more examples of his work. There's an extensive collection of his work at his Flickr page, as well as a set of images at Colossal (which reminded me of C215's extensive work). [N.B. this brings up the interesting question of why I would post images of work when they can be found on other sites. Early in the history of this blog I didn't. The images I post, though, show the ones I like or am interested in and, most importantly, help prevent losing them through link rot.]

So anyway ...

A Follow-up to Last Month's Hula Hooping Post

I swear this is going to be my last hula hooping post ever or I am going to have to create a hula hooping tag. My admiration arises from my own ineptness. Previously.

Argh Yer Speakin as a Pirate

I have no idea what that means.  Yet verily this be September 19 and, fer no dercernible reason yar know, 'tis Talk Like a Pirate Day. Here I be with helpful links ter bail yer out with yer mateys:

• The Pirate Quote Generator. Of skeptical provenance.
• Real Pirate Quotes. No arrrs. Looks legit. Sadly.
• Pirate Quotes and Sayings. First quote from ... Johnny Depp; second, from ... Mark Twain. Not a strong effort.
• Mitt Romney Quotes. I have no idea how this got in here.
• Instructional Materials For When Yer Ready to be Freestylin'
• Video instruction
• How to Talk Like a Pirate from Wikihow
• Yet More Instructions

God speed to ye.

I feel like an idiot.

Hula Hooping From the Perspective of the Hula Hoop

At Burning Man -- Not Particularly Safe For Work (NPSFW?)

The Post in Which I Demonstrate I am Not Hip

Because I am two months late to the party. Or maybe it's hip to be late?

At least I made it to the party ... John.

The Roots of Breakdance

This has been out there for five ears (almost to the day), but it's still crazy awesome.

Awesome Snowboard Decks

These are from Endeavor Snowboard Design, via Behance Network.

I "need" to start making snowboard and skateboard decks in my garage. Then I need to learn how to snowboard and skateboard. Then I need to update my insurance.

I wonder if they make blank snowboard or skateboard decks?  Why yes, yes they do.