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Arm transformation for Mark Edward Brown

Don’t get the wrong idea, I did not take some kind of illegal steroid or get a medical enhancement of any kind and while I am athletic I did not pump iron so long that my arms exploded.

I had some serious tattoo work done that transformed the old ink that I had on my upper left arm.  Before I get into the details here are the before photos:

Mark Brown's Tattoo before photoThat is the (before) photo and as you can see I had an old & basic dragon with no legs, in fact it looks more like a flying sea serpent than a dragon.  You can also see a crucifix with a band of thorns beneath it.

I have been thinking about seeking out a transformation of the serpent and the crucifix for some time now however I knew that it would take a talented artist and I could not depend on just anyone to do it.  My research and background work started a number of years ago when one of my cousins was in town for some military training.  One weekend I took him and a buddy to every tattto shop in town so I took note of how they were treated and who said what to whom etc.  I also recieved a personnal testamonial for a local shop called the One Eyed Blue Monkey

I am home on leave and regulations forbid military members from getting tattoos in Korea due to sanitary conditions and lack of regulations regarding proper business practices.  This was the perfect time to visit the best prospect for my business and see if they did in fact have someone who could do what I was hoping would turn what I consider “outdated concepts” and old memories of chapters in my previous history that I am ready to turn the page on.

I am happy to report that Frederick, a prior service military man who has been slinging ink for 20 years is a tattoo transformation expert.  After a consult with him he had the best idea which I had not considered and that was to place a Dragon’s head over/around the old tattoos that I had.  Initially I did want an entire dragon with head, body, tail and all however Fred, explained that a head instead of the body from a distance would be more distinct and noticable whereas an entire dragon on one’s upper arm tends to look like a sploch of ink from a distance.

With all that said, it was time to get down to business so after an afternoon of sitting in “the chair” Frederick exceeded my expectations.  I recomend Freddy and the crew from the One Eyed Blue Monkey tattoo shop and my wife liked the finished artwork so much that she made me take her in so she could get a tattoo as well.

With all that said and done here is a photo of the finished artwork.  It looks good in the photo however I think if you could see it on me with your own eyes you would be just as amazed and appreciative of the talent that Frederick posseses.

Mark Edward Browns tattoo
Have any new tattoos or tattoo stories you want to share, leave me a comment and tell me about it.

Always with my best regards,

Mark Edward Brown

Mark Edward Brown is Politically Incorrrect

welfare state image     I am declaring myself “politically incorrect“!  Don’t ask why because I am about to explain.  The America that I grew up in is not the same place that I find myself today.  I continue to be awestruck in an unfortunate manner by a majority of the politicians on capitol hill.  I just don’t agree with many of the views and statements that are expressed in the mainstream media, heck the mainstream media has even become part of the problem and not the solution.

Please allow me to explain further, I just watched a news clip about a politician who is lying with a straight face about how more people using food stamps is a good thing and that it stimulates the nations economy.  Are you kidding me?  I am going to provide the video for you to watch below however before I do I just have to ask;

Do you see the rediculousness in that statement?  Or, do you agree and feel like sure, more food stamp use equals more jobs for grocery store owners, local, state and national welfare facilitators etc?

I just don’t understand how a food stamp, which has even less value than a paper dollar bill can facilitate let alone stimulate our economy.  If it can then the shell game that those clowns on capitol hill are playing is working.  Seriously, a food stamp has no value, it’s a voucher, so if you buy groceries with vouchers you are not putting value into a cash register and the work done to allow you to recieve said groceries was done in a negative balanced environment/equation.  What I mean is when one recieveds goods with a voucher, the work done from creation to delivery and processing is paid for by someone else not the person recieving the goods.  That does not equal true value, in essence when everyone pays for someone else’s sustinance some would call it share the wealth but I would call it a negative value environment.

*Disclaimer*  Aside from my point of view that I am expressing I do not want you to get the wrong impression.  I am not expressing negative views about any particular individual that may be on welfare or use foodstamps.  I have been in that situation before and I have loved ones who have been in that situation as well so I am not casting a negative light on any individual.  The views expressed here are solely my own and are about the fundamental lack of logic being perpetrated on an unassuming and otherwise unaware public.

Before I keep spewing this adjitated dialogue I at least want to provide an alternative or solution to this problem that I have pointed out.  Instead of being a supporter of a negative value environment you can team up with successful people who are actually realizing true profits and values in this down economy.  If you have heard of the information age and realize that value and profit are being created online every minute of every day you may want to consider joining me and the winning team at Auto X Ten

There is no cost to do your own due diligence and research why this program would or would not work for you so you have nothing to lose.  Additionally to spare you the from taking the time to learn more because I know you are busy, to get started there is a small investment of $10 that gets you enrolled and on the team that is profiting right now plus you get an education on how to create and amass more profits for you and your loved ones.

O.K. here is that video clip:

Leave me a comment and let me know if I am truly politically incorrect or if you agree with me and can see why “hell in a handbasket” is not an inaccurate description of the current state of affairs?

With concern,

Mark Edward Brown

Home, Sweet Home!

Home image     I have been home for one week now and I have been loving it.  I have been so busy I have not had time to blog.  I have more than one blog however, like I said, there is not enough time in the day to get all the blogging done that I want to.  I actually like blogging so much that I am reading a book about it (don’t call me crazy, I know I already am lol).

What I have been doing the most of is playing with my kids and spending quality time with my wife :-)   My kids and I like to play games like Monopoly, Life, Memory etc.  They did invite me to play one of those video console games but I had to refuse, I’m just not into it.  We also watch movies together and we have even done some back to school shopping.

Speaking of back to school, tomarrow is the first day of school of the new school year.  each of my kids starts a new school that they have never been to before so I am glad that I am home to help my wife get them off to school with as little anxiety as is possible for kids on the first day of attendance at a new school.

My wife and I celebrated out 18 wedding anniversary the other day as well.  We went out for lunch and then an afternoon movie.  We saw Planet of the Apes, Rise of the Apes, it was an entertaining movie with some good special effects and I would recommend it to a friend so go see it if you are considering seeing an action movie, oh and stay for the end even after the credits start rolling because it shows why the film was titled “Rise of the Apes” and sheds light on how the “rise” leads to the planet being taken over by the Apes.

I have some great posts coming soon so while you wait for the good stuff to get here please leave me a comment and tell me how your summer has been?

Mark Edward Brown

P.S. that is not a picture of my real home however it may be one day in the future.  I like thinking big and encourage creative capitalism!