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The gratuitous use/coverage of tattoos has never appealed to me, but the subtle use of simple images and text on the body as an addition, an accessory or a message, I think, can be, well, down right sexy. I've seen words on forearms a lot lately, but the problem is whose name or what word should you use? When it goes wrong = friends of mine; he got her name on his lower back, and she left him two weeks later.

One of those Star Shots shops in town has a picture of some nob who got a picture taken of him, topless, with his new born daughter. Why is he a nob? Two reasons:

a) He has his daughter's name tattooed on his arm in an Old English-style typeface ... the type that needs good kerning ... his tattoo does not have good kerning ... it looks tacky.

b) He named his daughter Willow.

This man is a tool.

I expect that sometime in the future I'll expand on the existing tattoo I have, but how, I'm not sure. I like the idea of words/text on the inside of my bicep (ala London Preppy) but it'll have to be meaningful, and not just some random 'nice' symbol or shape. Much to consider. And tribal armbands are almost as bad as poorly kerned words.