Words of the Author

When you are laying on a table in a tattoo parlor for a couple of hours you have plenty of time to let your mind wander.

It isn’t quite the definition of idling well since the funky tunes are pumping through the sound system and the constant rattle of the needle going into your arm, but you still get to think about things.

Yesterday, as I got my latest tattoo I was thinking about J.R.R. Tolkien and how he would react to see people like me getting his wordspermanentlyput on their skin.

This gave...