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Today is a sad day. I just posted my last Suicide Girl column. I've loved writing it every Monday but it's impossible to do so now that I'm preparing for Needled 2.0.

More importantly, my friend was in a hit and run accident and is in a coma and the doctors don't give her a great chance to pull through. This is one hard...
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I'm kinda obsessive about certain things: A lint-free belly button. SPF. Nick Cave. Proper footwear. Tattoo Copyright.

And of all these things, it is the last one that gets me into trouble.

To this I say, FUCK IT. Read Needled News today to know why.

Today on Needled News I offer a run-down of recent fiction featuring tattoos are a central theme. A much better way to spend downtime, than say, watching reality tattoo tv!

I tried to work out my feelings for Miami Ink in today's Needled News.

Would love to hear your thoughts on the show in the column's comments section. I'm on the fence.

I have a pile of work waiting for me but it's Saturday, so I'm saying fuck it and treating a special 10-yr-old to a day of pampering kiddie style.

First, my step son and I are going on a shopping spree for his birthday next week. Then the movies, then pizza and ice cream -- just the two of us.

This is what makes life...
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My birthday is tomorrow so my hubs and I are taking the day off to go to our fave naked spa in Holland -- as usual. he's also treating me to a massage and other treatments. yummmm. Cant wait.

While Needled plays to the highbrow and snob side of me, the other side is decidely lowbrow, street ... in essence, old Brooklyn.

So this Saturday,...
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Just got back home from the Milan Tattoo Convention. It was a party as usual and I still have no idea how I managed a relatively readable redux of the show for today's Needled News. Please read it so my efforts were not in vain and making deadline while hungover is then worth it.

Last night at the show's after party in the hotel...
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My interview with everyone's favorite serial killer-tattoo artist is up.

Give Timmy some love for Valentine's Day.

http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Valentine's+Day+with+Tim+Kern/

Tim Kern, aka ymonster, needs no introduction here. Having tattooed 22 Suicide Girls and nearly as many members, his work can be found beautifying photosets and the personal pages throughout the site. And for good reason. This 11-year tattoo veteran has a unique style, a blend of horror, humor, and sex appeal, with a dash of cute, making him a much sought after...
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My latest post for Needled News is up on the Dos and Don'ts of tattoos based on the news this past week.

I'm finally embracing the tattoo snob thing. I do have guilt about passing judgment on shitty art that people love but it kills me when I see people taking tattooing so lightly. To me it's this ancient art, something to respect. Just...
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