Artist’s License???

Tattoo artist Ryan Fitzgerald from Dayton, OH was hit with a $100,000 lawsuit last week by his ex-girlfriend Rossie Brovent. She claims that her boyfriend was supposed to tattoo a scene from Narnia on her back but instead tattooed an image of a pile of excrement with flies buzzing around it.

Apparently, Ryan found out that Rossie had cheated with a long-time friend of his, but instead of confronting her about it he acted like everything was normal and hatched a plan for revenge. Originally, Rossie tried to have Ryan charged with assault, but the ingenious tattoo artist had covered his bases by plying Rossie with wine and tequila shots and getting her to sign a consent form that stated the design was “at the artist’s discretion.”

No word from Rossie on whether the illicit night of passion with Ryan’s friend was worth it.

Moral of the story?

Never cheat on a tattoo artist!

http://early-onset-of-night.tumblr.com/post/13348728615/tattoo-artist-ryan-fitzgerald-from-dayton-oh-was

     ~ Brick

What Does a Hero Look Like?

    You Would Never Have Guessed…

Captain Kangaroo passed away on January 23, 2004 at age 76 , which is odd, because he always looked to be 76 to me. (DOB: 6/27/27 ) His death reminded me of the following story.

Some people have been a bit offended that the actor, Lee Marvin, is buried in a grave alongside 3 and 4-star generals at Arlington National Cemetery His marker gives his name, rank (PVT) and service (USMC). Nothing else. Here’s a guy who was only a famous movie star who served his time, why the heck does he rate burial with these guys? Well, following is the amazing answer:

I always liked Lee Marvin, but I didn’t know the extent of his Corps experiences.

In a time when many Hollywood stars served their country in the armed forces often in rear echelon posts where they were carefully protected, only to be trotted out to perform for the cameras in war bond promotions, Lee Marvin was a genuine hero. He won the Navy Cross at Iwo Jima There is only one higher Naval award… the Medal Of Honor!

If that is a surprising comment on the true character of the man, he credits his sergeant with an even greater show of bravery.

Dialog from “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson”: His guest was Lee Marvin… Johnny said, “Lee, I’ll bet a lot of people are unaware that you were a Marine in the initial landing at Iwo Jima ..and that during the course of that action you earned the Navy Cross and were severely wounded.”

“Yeah, yeah… I got shot square in the bottom and they gave me the Cross for securing a hot spot about halfway up Suribachi. Bad thing about getting shot up on a mountain is guys getting shot hauling you down. But, Johnny, at Iwo , I served under the bravest man I ever knew… We both got the Cross the same day, but what he did for his Cross made mine look cheap in comparison. That dumb guy actually stood up on Red beach and directed his troops to move forward and get the hell off the beach.. Bullets flying by, with mortar rounds landing everywhere and he stood there as the main target of gunfire so that he could get his men to safety. He did this on more than one occasion because his men’s safety was more important than his own life.

That Sergeant and I have been lifelong friends. When they brought me off Suribachi we passed the Sergeant and he lit a smoke and passed it to me, lying on my belly on the litter and said, “Where’d they get you Lee?” “Well Bob…. if you make it home before me, tell Mom to sell the outhouse!”

Johnny, I’m not lying, Sergeant Keeshan was the bravest man I ever knew.
The Sergeant’s name is Bob Keeshan. You and the world know him as Captain Kangaroo.”

On another note, there was this wimpy little man (who passed away) on PBS, gentle and quiet. Mr. Rogers is another of those you would least suspect of being anything but what he now portrays to our youth. But Mr. Rogers was a U.S. Navy Seal, combat-proven in Vietnam with over twenty-five confirmed kills to his name. He wore a long-sleeved sweater on TV, to cover the many tattoos on his forearm and biceps. He was a master in small arms and hand-to-hand combat, able to disarm or kill in a heartbeat

After the war Mr. Rogers became an ordained Presbyterian minister and therefore a pacifist. Vowing to never harm another human and also dedicating the rest of his life to trying to help lead children on the right path in life… He hid away the tattoos and his past life and won our hearts with his quiet wit and charm..

America’s real heroes don’t flaunt what they did; they quietly go about their day-to-day lives, doing what they do best. They earned our respect and the freedoms that we all enjoy.
Look around and see if you can find one of those heroes in your midst.
Often, they are the ones you’d least suspect, but would most like to have on your side if anything ever happened.

Take the time to thank anyone that has fought for our freedom. With encouragement they could be the next Captain Kangaroo or Mr. Rogers..

 

 

     ~ Brick

Note the date on this!

Does it really say 1949?

Nothing much has changed… huh?

 

     ~ Brick

Paste this to your refrigerator door!

Obama has quite a track record of ‘firsts’ going for himself…

 

Mr. Obama may have been our first black president; but, He is also the:

 

First President to refuse to show a valid birth certificate.

 

First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.

 

First President to have a social security number from a state he has never lived in.

 

First President to preside over a cut to the credit rating of the United States.

 

First President to violate the War Powers Act.

 

First President to be held in contempt of court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

 

First President to defy a Federal Judges court order to cease implementing the Health Care Reform Law.

 

First President to require all Americans to purchase a product from a third party.

 

First President to spend a trillion dollars on shovel-ready jobs and later admit there was no such thing as shovel-ready jobs.

 

First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over control of companies to his union supporters.

 

First President to by-pass Congress and implement the Dream Act through executive fiat.

 

First President to order a secret amnesty program that stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants across the U.S., including those with criminal convictions.

 

First President to demand a company hand-over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.

 

First President to terminate Americas ability to put a man in space.

 

First President to encourage racial discrimination and intimidation at polling places.

 

First President to have a law signed by an auto-pen without being present.

 

First President to arbitrarily declare an existing law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it.

 

First President to threaten insurance companies if they publicly speak-out on the reasons for their rate increases.

 

First President to tell a major manufacturing company in which state they are allowed to locate a factory.

 

First President to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect (Az, WI, OH, IN).

 

First President to withdraw an existing coal permit that had been properly issued years ago.

 

First President to fire an inspector general of Ameri-corps for catching one of his friends in a corruption case.

 

First President to appoint 45 Czars to replace elected officials in his office.

 

First President to golf 73 separate times in his first two and a half years in office.

 

First President to hide his medical, educational and travel records.

 

First President to win a Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it.

 

First President to coddle American enemies while alienating Americas allies.

 

First President to publicly bow to Americas enemies while refusing to salute the U.S. Flag.

 

First President to go on multiple global apology tours.

 

First President to go on 17 lavish vacations, including date nights and Wednesday evening White House parties for his friends, paid for by the taxpayer.

 

First President to refuse to wear the U.S. Flag lapel pin.

 

First President to have 40+ personal servants and aides (taxpayer funded) for his wife.

 

First President to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000.00 a year at taxpayer expense.

 

First President to repeat “the Holy Qur’an tells us,” and openly admit “the early morning call of the Azan (Islamic call to worship) is the most beautiful sound on earth.”

 

Remember that 35 months of the Obama White House we the people have accumulated national debt at a rate more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our nation’s entire history. 

 

Think about these things as as the Obama’s plan their next extravagant vacation to the Indonesian Island nation of Bali.

 

Hope and change anyone? How’s that working out for you and your family? 

 

 

     ~ Brick

Life got you down?

   

Life got you down?

The lousy economy, assholes in Washington,

stupid cops, crummy job, never enough money,

old lady always bitching???

 

Try this:

 

 

You’ll feel better in no time!

 

 

 

 

     ~ Brick

Tire Tester!

 

It serves no useful purpose whatsoever?

 

But, it is a Handy-Dandy Tire Tester!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CQfom3ceCk&feature=related

 

 

 

     ~ Brick

Think you’re a machinest huh?

   

One of the coolest things you will ever see!

 

 

 

     ~ Brick

Hey Mister, Your Dog…

      A lady was telling her neighbor that she saw a man driving a pick-up truck down the interstate, and a dog was hanging onto the tailgate for dear life!

She said if the pick-up truck driver hadn’t been going so fast in the other direction, she would have tried to stop him.

 

A few weeks later, her neighbor saw this truck at the local Bass Pro Shop. The pick-up truck driver is a local TEXAS taxidermist, with a great sense of humor!

 

Taxidermists are a pretty odd bunch anyway?

 

And… Turns out it’s not a dog in the 1st Place… it is a Coyote!

 

Can you imagine how many people have tried to stop this guy?

 

     ~ Brick

Merry Christmas To You Too…

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     ~ Brick

Rosie Died? Oh No!

 

 

 

     ~ Brick