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Officials say tattoo safety should be priority for customers, artists

Ashley Lakey got her first tattoo at 16 at someone’s home. Several years and at least 30 tattoos later, she realizes that was a huge mistake and is now a stickler for tattoo safety.

Why I Had A 5-Speed Shift Pattern Tattooed On My Back [Car Culture]

# carculture One Jalopnik reader was so upset with the death of the manual transmission he decided to preserve a 5-speed shift pattern on his back. Here's what he's got to say about his permanent move. - Eds. More »

Movie Review: Fire dies down with ‘Dragon Tattoo’ sequel

“The Girl Who Played With Fire” feels like a hasty knockoff compared to the adaptation of the first book in Swedish novelist Stieg Larsson’s best-selling trilogy, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”

Blood, masochism and the shocking thrill of human suspension

(Sept. 9, 2010) Standing outside Ink Addiction Tattoo and Body Piercing in Eureka, Kat, a third-generation local and social worker by day, says a few things that are frankly hard to swallow. For one, she claims to have a needle phobia, yet her body is festooned with surface piercings.

More than skin deep

Off the skin and onto the canvas. Sort of. The work of four tattoo artists from downtown Stillwater's Tatts by Zapps will be featured at an exhibit at the Art Guild Gallery through February.