Ewww tattoo
Oh geez, this is embarrassing. I’m not entirely sure how to even talk about this. It’s not what you’d call “a fun topic,” but alright,…
September 2010
Getting inked in iceland
I guess my tattoo story begins with my parents. Fads, wants and desires begin somewhere. Instead of rebelling against society and deciding that a tattoo…
A family affair
The story behind my first and only tattoo began about a year and a half ago when my mother — who at this point has…
Stick and poke
I got my first tattoo when I was 20, living in Kelowna, B.C. I was playing in a band at the time called The Tups…
Know thy artist
With many questions about legitimacy and safety still lingering in the tattoo world, professional tattoo artist Andrew Triebel of Triebel Tattoos — working out of…
Tattoos and you
This is what I know of tattoos. Tattoos are a passport to open shores from one port to another, anchors, sparrows, women and monsters. Today…
Tattoos as permanent reminders
Tattoos are at once permanent and a constant reminder of impermanence. When we choose to get inked, it is undying passion and value that permeates…
Kenny Powers
In the span of only one season, six total episodes, HBO’s Eastbound & Down has helped create a sports icon so charismatic and so controversial…
Regathering the herd
After a bittersweet taste of what it was like to come so close to the championship final at the CIS Cavendish University Cup this past…
Previewing the English Premier League
After a historic FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the world’s best players returned to their club teams all over Europe for the 2010-11 season….