Making money from tattoos

Speaking of shopping, if you could use a little extra cash, you don't have to brave a retail job , you just have to show some skin. The Web site www.leaseyourbody.com connects companies with people willing to be paid to wear the advertisers' temporary tattoos.

Participants can also opt to get a permanent tattoo, which, the site says, "will fetch significantly more money" , as well as a lot of difficult questions from your future grandchildren.

Dunlop Tire Brand Out to Get More Ink in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Dunlop's in-your-face guerilla marketing is getting some ink at the Specialty Equipment Market Association show this week.

Make that stylized Dunlop tattoos that enthusiasts can wear home this year. In fact, 24-year-old Fernando Diaz, an automotive enthusiast from Houston, received his second Dunlop inking; he got his first last year, along with a set of tires.

"I needed another set," Diaz said, as a Las Vegas artist fashioned a smoking tire with Dunlop's "Flying D" logo. Not to be outdone, Denny Jusczak, of Forest Lake, Minn., said this was his third.

Two Las Vegas artists are helping the tire brand to spread its message among the 100,000 strong who attend this aftermarket automotive convention. Appropriately, the theme of the tire brand's booth in the convention center's South Hall is the "Art of Performance."

"Dunlop has many brand devotees who are truly connected to the driving experience.

Glass acts: Sailor Jerry rum

Named after legendary tattoo artist Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins, the Sailor Jerry rum is a 92-proof dark rum that, although hard to find, is gaining in popularity.

Modern Drunkard magazine claims this drink is "one of the few types of rum suitable for shooting straight."

If you're too lily-livered to drink it straight, try it as a "Shipwreck," which is Sailor Jerry rum mixed with a large splash of Red Bull.

Visit www.sailorjerryrum.com to find more recipes.

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Tattoos are today's way to establish identity

It's easy to tell when an underground enthusiasm like tattooing goes mainstream. People start referring to those who partake in it as a "community." Then gift cards and conventions make their appearance. Further validation of tattooing comes from cable TV, where enthusiasts - armchair and otherwise - now watch and wince at reality shows (five at last count) that explore the illustrated life.

A 2007 Food and Drug Administration report, based on an earlier Harris poll, estimated that 45 million Americans (equally divided between genders) have at least one tattoo. Once restricted mainly to jarheads and jailhouse residents, ink art is now mass market.

There seem to be nearly as many reasons for getting a tattoo as there are adherents. Some are impulse buys - an 18th birthday, a late-night dare or religious fervor.

Spice Girl Mel C's Tattoo Pain

Chisholm will spend up to £10,000 for laser treatment because ink art holds bad memories of her battles with anorexia and depression.

Mel, 34, will start the process of removal after the Spice Girls reunion tour in a series of treatments that could take up to two years, and carries a risk scarring.

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Photo of tattooed genitals costs surgeon his job

BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- A Mayo Clinic surgeon in Phoenix, Arizona, who used his mobile phone camera instead of a scalpel has lost his job.

Dr. Adam Hansen was fired because he took photos of a patient's tattooed genitals and showed them to colleagues.

In a statement posted Friday on the Mayo Clinic Hospital website, CEO Denis Cortese states Hansen "is no longer practicing medicine at Mayo Clinic."

The hospital held a disciplinary hearing for Hansen earlier this week and said he could be fired. Officials declined to specify if he was fired or stepped down.

Hansen, chief resident of general surgery, admitted taking a photo with his cell phone Dec.

Tattoo expo in Liverpool this weekend

It's a unique event held annually in Central New York for people to show off their body art. The 22nd annual AM-JAM Tattoo Expo takes center stage this weekend at the Holiday Inn in Liverpool.

If you're a tattoo enthusiast then this is the place to be this weekend. Friday night through Sunday more than 75 tattoo artists from around the world will be competing in 20 categories.

Organizers say the event is known as one of the oldest and largest expos of its kind. It's an opportunity for tattoo buffs to show off their ink and learn about some new designs and techniques.
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Do you have a tattoo? Many people today do. Studies show that one in seven adults now sport one or more tattoos. Television shows like TLC's "Miami Ink," "LA Ink," and A&E's "Inked" have taken tattoing out of the realm of bikers, rock stars and rebellious teenagers and have illustrated that it's a mainstream form of self expression."Tattoos were once considered 'deviant' behavior," says Myrna Armstrong, a professor at the School of Nursing at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. "Many older people may still think that's the case. But younger people, however, view body art as a form of decoration and self-expression."Joe Osborne, owner of Enid's Red Dirt Ink tattoo parlor, said most of his clients are middle class adults over age 30. He said he doesn't believe tattooing is on the rise, but business has been steady since opening in Enid last summer.He said because the art of permanent body tattooing was illegal in the past, the state is in "almost like a tattoo boom out here right now."Through the years, tattooing has remained a way of expressing identity so that individuals may feel unique.

Tattoo shop hopes to leave imprint

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — If you looked into the face of a Maori tribesman in 19th-century New Zealand, you could see his entire life story told through his tattoos. The markings show such bits of life as his occupation and family lineage.

That snippet of tattoo history is part of the heritage of tattooing that C.W. "Chuck" Eldridge and his wife, Harriet Cohen, hope to impart through their business.

They opened The Tattoo Archive recently after they moved to Winston-Salem from Berkeley, Calif., in September.

Tattooing is part of the business, but the heart and soul of what Eldridge and Cohen do is collect, preserve and share knowledge from their archives about the history of tattooing. They maintain the Paul Rogers Research Center, a nonprofit that is built around Rogers' collection of photographs, tattoo design sheets and tattooing machines.

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Welcome to this blog which will look at the wonderful world of tattoos. We aim the look at the different designs, techniques and cultures that all have tattos and body art in common. Please feel free to comment on any post that you think needs it