As regular readers may recall, I made a bet with Hive Overmind Discover Magazine CEO Henry Donahue that if we hit a target number of page views to both the BA Blog and the DM site, we’d both get tattoos. I can’t reveal mine just yet, but here is a picture of Henry’s: it’s a Celtic salmon, and I must say it’s quite nice. I particularly like the waves over the fish.
The reason I can’t reveal mine is that I had it done as part of the TV show L.A. Ink, and I can’t post pictures or talk about the design until after the show airs. But don’t worry, I’ll post the whole painful (literally) story right here once I can.
Congrats to Henry for such a handsome ink job! I can’t wait until we meet up again, and we can compare tats in person. That’ll be a fun pic for the blog.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Cool tat!
October 15th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
No way, you’re going to be on LA Ink, that’s awesome…Do you know when it will air? Hopefully you got a chance to plug the JREF and Bad Astronomy!
October 15th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
That’s pretty retarded
October 15th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
You can’t fool me. That’s no tat, it’s a satellite photo of sand dunes on Mars.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Hopefully it will be airing soon!
October 15th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
I like that tat! Both of mine are Celtic designs. My next one, should I get another one, will incorporate both my love of science and Celtic art.
I can’t wait to see your tat Phil!
October 15th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Damn, Donnie B. won! Just what I was going to say.
So, can you tell the story about how you ended up on L.A. Ink then?
October 15th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Can’t you at least tell us when your episode will air so we can watch it? C’mon, quit being so coy about it!
October 15th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Pity you already got it. Those sandunes woulda made for an awesome tat.
October 15th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
You’ve got an NDA on your tattoo? That’s just weird. Seriously. You’ve got a lawyer telling you that they own the rights to 10 square inches of your body. What a strange, strange world we live in.
October 15th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Hmmm, I wonder is Henry Donahue has any thumb-sucking issues?
(Obscure Irish folklore reference. Or not-so-obscure, if you’re familiar with the story.)
October 15th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Phil, you tease! I thought that was yours for a sec.
October 15th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
My favorite tattoo is the one someone has near their naughty bits that says: “If you can read this, thank you”
October 15th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
I thought that show already had it’s season finale? Something about some failed reality show bimbo getting in trouble for something.
October 15th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
While I love that tat, I also used to love the one on my shoulder. Not so much anymore. I hope you seriously considered the meaning and relevance to your life of the tat you chose. That said, can’t wait to see it.
October 15th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Guysmiley: Yeah I think it did air the season finale which would mean the Phil’s episode probably won’t air until next season. Could be a while to wait.
October 15th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Sorry Phil but you need to tell Henry those aren’t waves, anyone can tell PZ paid them off or they worship our cephalopod masters. That top “wave” is clearly a octopod laying in wait to attack the salmon. Hopefully PZ didn’t get some propaganda incorporated in your tat-too
October 15th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
I saw the season finale of LA Ink, and at the end they said the new season starts in February 2010. So we’ve got months to wait.
Unless… someone can grab a cell phone image of Phil when he’s at the gym….
(insert evil laugh)
October 15th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
I enjoy that show. I look forward to hearing when you are on.
Are you allowed to tell us who did it? Personally I would love to get my tattoo from Kat or Corey. It would be worth the trip, they are both amazing artists.
October 15th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
That’s a great looking piece! I was wondering if you’d say you couldn’t show it because it’s still being worked on…which means a big piece.
Look forward to seeing it still, cheers!
October 15th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Though I’ve got an amazingly Irish surname, I see no reason to ever get a tattoo (Irish or not) on my bod–anywhere. I don’t like needles or pain, except for legitimate medical reasons like immunizations.
October 15th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
21. Floyd Says:
Though I’ve got an amazingly Irish surname, I see no reason to ever get a tattoo (Irish or not) on my bod–anywhere. I don’t like needles or pain, except for legitimate medical reasons like immunizations.
For some weird reason, this brought a question to me
/topic OFF
Do anti-vaxxers get tatoos or piercings? T’would be greatly ironic.
/topic ON
J/P=?
October 16th, 2009 at 4:28 am
That’s supposed to be waves over the fish? It seems more like tentacles, or an abstraction of the flying spaghetti monster.
October 16th, 2009 at 5:03 am
Bummer. I’d really like to see Your Badness on the TV screen, but I’m too fond of my brain cells to take the chance of watching L.A. Ink. Whet ehr thes werld ceming teh?
October 16th, 2009 at 5:36 am
A Celtic tat? Is Donahue Celtic?
October 16th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Having seeing your tattoo Phil, I gotta say it’s definitely better than Henry’s!
October 16th, 2009 at 6:57 am
Fantastic! I come from a little place called Laxey on the Isle of Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laxey) and the local icon is a leaping salmon. Laxey (or Laksaa) is Manx for Salmon river.
Great tat!
October 16th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Here’s my favorite “tattoo”:
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1755814144/tt0211915
October 16th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
#11 Harold – good call on the Celtic Salmon of Knowledge myth.
Everybody else – I too have seen Phil’s ink and agree that it’s much better than mine. Whenever the episode airs, people aren’t going to be disappointed.
October 16th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Please. If Phil didn’t get a Dalek, I’ll get a tattoo myself.