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I am a 32 year old divorced father of two beautiful girls. I am an award winning tattoo artist with 15 yrs experience. I am also a 1%er, and I hold a patch with what law enforcement would say some pretty scary people. These are my brothers, I love them as

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Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Living with the past: 13 of 151

When I was getting divorced, and fighting a drug case in court facing a lot of time in the state correctional institution my first thoughts were to run. I did just that, not run on my responsibilties, but I ran from having to face who I had become at 30 years old. I'd ran a muck since I was a teen. I've pretty much been ther...
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Our next generation: Are things getting better or worse?: 11 of 116

On the surface it would appear that things are on a upswing from the past. In all honesty you'd have to look at the entire picture here before actually saying things are improving. Yes, there are technilogical improvements that make our lives seem easier, and the nation is moving itself towards healthier eating habits or so ...
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Challenging authority: 3 of 10

Who's to say that authority is not to be challenged? I have been challenging authority my entire life. Sometimes I win, sometimes I loose. I stand by my convictions though, at all costs. Nothing in life will be fair, there's always a winner and loser the winner usually becomes the authority over the loser, or so we'd all lik...
Politics, News & Issues > Police & Prisons Are the police violating the law when tasering an unarmed citizen?: 7 of 22

Yes...Yes...Yes... Our nations police have time and again violated the rights of citizens in many ways, but the use of tasers on suspects is used at times when it is unnecessary. My case in point; a brother of mine who rides with the same motorcycle club as I do was killed this year in a motel room in front of his wife as th...
Style & Beauty > Tattoos & Piercings A tattoo pricing guide: 2 of 6

With a solid 15 years of professional tattooing experience and having worked in various locations across the midwest and most of California I can tell you that I'm still at a loss to definitively give any such guide on pricing. In all honesty it comes down to this, you get what you pay for. To say that I've never done a tatt...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Love: 260 of 718

For The Love of One Woman For the love of one woman I gave my life Went down to Vegas and made her my wife Happy as birds, married were we A month later came our baby A happy day filled with joy My woman was a mother, and I a father, oh boy! A little girl, she was a beautiful one Oh were we gonna have fun Before I knew it sh...
Home & Garden > Home Repair (Other) Memoirs: Kitchen remodeling horror stories: 3 of 7

As we moved into our second home after selling our first home we knew that a kitchen remodel was well overdue. We had our plan all together, and the new appliances were on order, some of which were back ordered or were to never show up at all. What we knew was that we hated the 1960's Brady Bunch appeal that the entire home ...
Politics, News & Issues > Police & Prisons Problems of harassment in law enforcement: Why you should report bad cops: 7 of 16

Well, this is something that I've been dealing with personally for most my life. Living in the same county I grew up in and have gotten in trouble in from time to time the cops pretty much know me. For the most part there's really nothing I can say about the local police, it's the Sheriffs of this county that are worthless. ...
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Are high taxes on cigarettes fair?: 27 of 47

I smoke. So what? To punish me for what I choose to do at a rate that unequals any other taxed items sold here in the United States is beyond me. I hear all the time that society pays for the victims of smoking or other arguments ranging from second hand smoke, all the way to it causes cancer that puts the victim in the care...
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Why is the death penalty not a deterrent: 12 of 20

The death penalty is not, nor will it ever be a deterrent to those who commit capital crimes worthy of such a punishment. I personally know 3 death row inmates, well, I had grown up with them hanging out in the same circles when we were kids. How did 3 people known to me end up on death row? Let's look at what the death pena...