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I admit it .. I LIKE trivia, tho it serves no purpose for me since I can never remember any to bring up in conversation. But still, it is fun, so I’ve created this list of amazing trivia that I found to be absolutely riveting.

1. Snails can sleep up to 3 years.

Not so amazing actually since I managed to sleep thru 6 years of jr. high and high school. And when you think about it, what do snails have to do all their lives? Sure, they leave great slime trails and make excellent targets for salt shakers and little boys, but other than that there’s not much more to do but sleep after an exhausting run across a sidewalk.

2. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

Until I read this, I was convinced that there was an olive missing from my salad, yet no one would believe me. Now I am vindicated! I am now searching for proof that the airlines have taken one peanut from each bag .. I′ll keep you posted.

3. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

After reading this, I realized that I know of many people with the same problem! But that’s an article about politicians I’m working on. For me, it’s usually that my eyes are bigger than my stomach…

4. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

Well, I’d like to see anyone keep this up long enough to actually lose 150 calories. Now that I think about it, I DON’T want to see…

5. Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn′t wear pants.

This is completely understandable.. I mean, who wants to look at a duck with no pants on? Besides, I understand that it is the law for all birds to wear pants in the city limits of Finland.

6. If you pass gas consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
I tried to prove or disprove this, but two things stopped me … I couldn’t stand to look at a bowl of chili after the third day, and my girlfriend threatened to leave me … although it was kinda hard to tell what she was really saying with that gasmask on.

7. In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
Now, this piece of trivia leaves ALOT to the imagination, which is probably a good thing. BUT, I would like to point out, you’d have to be pretty limber to get some on those hairs .. nuff said.

8. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
I know this trivia fact isn’t true ‘cause I’ve gone drinking with my ants several times and I’ve watched them fall over in several different directions… usually they tend to fall on my uncles tho.

9. The average human eats eight spiders in their lifetime at night.
I don’t know about this fact … I’ve seen several spiders at night and never once felt compelled to eat one. Though I hear that spider is tasty if barbequed correctly.

10. And now for our final fun trivia fact:

Females Lions do the lions share of the work … Males tend to sun themslves alot and some lions mate over 50 times a day… No wonder the females do all the work.

Jan Michaels is a self-described Trivia expert (why is his girlfriend laughing?) that is truly in love with trivia. When not writing amusing articles, he doesn’t do much of anything really important, unless feeding the cat counts.
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Remember when…we watched TV shows with real actors and real script in an attempt to escape reality. Nowadays, our TV listings are becoming more inundated with staged “reality-based” programs. Why has this type of programming reached such epidemic proportions? What are viewers getting out of them? Where are producers going with it and when will it end?

Actually, reality television is not really about reality. According to Dr. William Beard, professor of film and media studies, University of Alberta, “realism is the most misused word in the lexicon of film. Video realism is a store security camera, yet nobody wants to watch that.” He explains that, what ‘reality’ TV offers is an illusion of reality with the boring parts edited out. The production of a finished product such as Survivor, basically takes all the same equipment, apparatus and manpower to create a movie. One hour televised equals 100 hours of filming and editing to fit producers story line. This is NOT reality! The people you see are ‘real’ people, not actors.

Not only are these shows plentiful, but the record audiences are proof positive that this trend is unquestionable. Imagine 2.5 million viewers in Canada alone watching the recent episode of Survivor. Those numbers out-perform the NHL playoffs!

Most of us are familiar with one or more of the reality series, such as Canadian Idol, Big Brother, Bachelor/Bachelorette, Survivor, or Paradise Hotel. The latest ‘Apprentice’ received big reviews as Millionaire Donald Trump did his hiring and firing on national television. After hundreds of thousands of try outs, Mr. Trump did actually hire one person to be a vice-president of one of his companies with a yearly wage of $250,000.00. At least you see realism here.

On the other hand, there is a show presently airing called ‘The Swan’, where 17 self-described ugly ducklings chose to try and transform their wretched lives into fairy tales. These girls go through a complete makeover in a 3-month period, with plastic surgeons, dentists, personal trainers, and life coaches. All this takes place without a mirror and at the end of each episode a panel of judges’ chose which 2 move on to the final beauty pageant, where one will be crowned Ultimate Swan. Or, how about ‘Temptation Island’, where attractive singles are put on an exotic island with unmarried couples who are “leading their relationships into temptation”. It is interesting to note that the audience was rated third among children under 11!

A new and controversial episode ready to air is ‘Be my Baby’. Barbara Walters hosts this show, as a pregnant 16 year old will choose a couple to adopt her baby. Five couples will be interviewed on national television as they try to prove they would make the best parents to the child. How unreal is it to take something as sacred as adoption, mold it into a game, and then sell it for profit?

Are we becoming desensitized as the shock factor bar is raised with each new episode we see and moral boundaries are constantly being crossed? I believe that the next generations can byte into reality with proper guidance. They can be taught to watch these shows with a critical eye to see what is and is not normal (real). But also they need to know that what IS real is the fact that they/we are all created specially and that our purpose in life is to do what is right and good.

A picture appears to be silent, but in reality says thousands of things. You can find proof for this in your everyday life very easily. Just take out that old album which has pictures that were taken ages ago. You will remember every person in those pictures and all the memories associated with that will come flooding back. This can be an overwhelming experience for you. Technology has made huge changes in our lives and in fact, life has become simpler on many aspects. Photo sharing is one thing which has been enabled by this advancement and today it has become a great means through which you can stay in touch with all your family and friends no matter in where they are living. In fact you can share all you precious moments and personal occasion with them through photo sharing.

Photo sharing as the term itself says is sharing your pictures with others. Photo sharing is very easy, you just need to find a good website and this can be done quite easily. There are many web sites that provide one with the option of collecting, organizing and sharing their photos. In today’s world it is very common to find that members of one family stay in different parts of the world. However this does not mean that they cannot stay connected and share special moments of their lives with their families. In fact sharing photos and being in touch with one another has never been so easy before. Digital camera is one gadget which many people possess these days. So for photo sharing all you need is a digital camera and an access to a computer that is internet enabled. That is all you need for photo sharing with as many people as you wish to.

After taking the pictures, you just have to transfer them to your computer. You can store them like any other files in your computer and send them as attachment with emails. In the photo sharing online sites, the first thing that you need to do is to create a profile. After you create the profile you can upload the photos which you have stored in your computer. You can share this online album with all your friends and family. Remember only those people who you have allowed to view the pictures will have access to the pictures. There are plenty of such sites available on the web, you just have to find out one and get register for doing photo sharing. The whole process of photo sharing is very simple indeed.

Besides photo sharing these online sites provide you with many other options as well. One of the very interesting choices provided is making of photo gifts. For photo gifts you can get a print out of the picture that you choose and customize that picture in a tee shirt, mug or any other piece of clothing. Imagine if you get a mug or something else from your family imprinted with the picture of one of the most memorable occasions of your life. You will surely feel wonderful. Similarly you will love giving such gifts to people who hold a special place in your life. No other gift irrespective of its price can ever surpass the feeling that photo sharing gives.

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The poem on this page is a tribute to my father and his company, The First
Electronics Company. The company is now 50 years old and is celebrating its 50th
anniversary.

I offered to create a poem in honor of the event, from a daughter to her Father. My
Dad manufactured cable assemblies and very tragicly, I lost him at the age of 12,
when his plane crashed.

I am delighted to share this poem with you.

Tribute

My father, Alan Miller,
Had so much vim and drive.
He started First Electronics
Back in 1955.

That’s the year I was born,
A big year in our home.
Dad was awfully busy,
As you’ll hear right from this poem.

First Electronics′ real big break,
The one that made them able,
Was a contract from the government
To manufacture cable.

Not just any cable, mind you,
This one set the pace.
It helped our nation get ahead
In the conquest of outer space.

Dad’s cable did a bang up job,
And not a moment too soon.
It was part of the Lunar Excursion Module
Shooting pictures of the moon.

Today, First Electronics
Is, on the wheel, a mighty cog.
Consider current jobs on order,
And that impressive work backlog.

Dad’s plan, right in his heart,
Was a company truly great.
Where quality meant everything,
And products were all first rate.

That’s the way it has always been,
First Electronics leads the ranks.
With cable in aircraft, ships and missiles,
Helicopters and, yes, tanks.

Dad loved his work and loved his life,
At both, he soared real high.
As a father, as a chief exec,
He was truly one great guy.

Took to flying to visit clients,
Fast and first, that was his way.
Signing contracts, filling orders,
A leading role in every day.

Then one day, on a business trip,
Flying back from a critical meeting,
His plane went down in Cambridge,
Even now, the image isn’t fleeting.

True to his nature in every way,
Dad steered the stricken plane,
To go down in Mt. Auburn Cemetery,
It was an action truly humane.

All in avoiding crowded streets,
And people everywhere.
He came to earth in a quiet spot,
To the end he showed great care.

When they found him, on his person,
Was a picture of his daughter - me.
You can say we lost him on that day,
Or better, that his soul was set free.

But First Electronics goes on,
You′ve done a marvelous job to grow.
So much success at business,
So much black ink to show.

Fifty years of commerce,
A salute to the great years you’ve had.
To First Electronics, and all you folks
And a nod - with much love - to my Dad.

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Paris, Britney, Lindsay, Kate & Nicole

Will our daughters ever again be whole?

Little girls gone wild sweep the nation

They seem to be everywhere

And they may not be wearing underwear.

Tweens adore them and teens envy them.

But what are we doing to a generation?

Are we raising a generation of ‘prosti-tots’?

Far worse than little crude boys farts

Little girls are learning to be sweet hot tarts

From the latest tween tramps in Hollywood

Cartoons, MTV, and movie theme songs

Are captivating young girls to come along

No need to be pure and keep your pants on.
Stars partying pantyless with the paparazzi

Now lil girls want to dress like Paris & Britney

Torn stockings, tight clothes, or in a bikini

What can little ones learn from Nicole Richie?

Who stopped her car in the car-pool lane

As if L.A. traffic would worship her just the same

Such a move adds complexity to life lived simply

Beyond Lindsay’s pole-dancing to prepare for a movie

At least with Miss Lohan there is humility and honesty

As she wisely checked herself into a rehab preventively

Awaking to reality after passing out in a hotel hallway.

As for Kate Moss she fell abruptly down the stairway

Adorned in only a fur jacket with her cigarettes

Whatever happened to these girls parents?

Were they not properly raised during adolescence

Or is their shock-appeal their publicity brilliance?

Beyond which they might not get our attention

That along with their fleeting physical attraction

Which substance abuse is rapidly robbing

Their heart and soul yearning and throbbing

For a little more media exposure and main light

Before they disappear into the dark night

Britney’s recent collapse gives further insight

The New Year’s Eve party in Vegas wasn’t alright

Something’s in the air, and I wouldn’t call it love.

Neither is it the Holy Spirit from up above

No, demons from hell beneath have been released

To seek, destroy, and kill our precious daughters

Like never before, our kids are being bombarded

By oversexed imagery, under dressed celebrities

Who display nudity grotesquely and continually

Showing off their well-waxed private parts

From godliness this generation has boldly departed

Videos like “Girls Gone Wild on Campus Uncensored”

Earn an estimated $40 million a year on perversion

Coming to a town near you with their prostitution

Ready to inebriate, proselytize, and penetrate

The impressionable hearts and meandering minds

Of a fatherless generation without proper guidance

To woo them into a culture of rebellion and defiance

Senseless sexuality, self-righteousness, and self-reliance

Kids, born in the new-media petri dish, are well aware

Of celebrity antics, feuds, fashion, style, and hair

Sadly by this they are mesmerized and often don’t care

About grades, discipline, and working toward a career

The influence such female stars have on young girls

Will anger any parent, making their head whirl

Suggestive lyrics and flirtation have enslaved a generation

Teenage pregnancies, abortion, and identity distortion

This generation has dreadfully lost its purpose and direction

Unfortunately many pinhead parents don’t see the deception

As they run after their kids in every devilish direction

Such a sex-drenched culture has become a new addiction

For the liberal minded parents who are quick to try to refute
Wait until Playboy comes to a University new you to recruit
Is it any wonder marriages are failing and adultery flourishing?

Unconditional love and commitment we are not nourishing

As we dive deeper into the vile sess pool many do cringe

But who will be a voice against such an immoral binge?

The rise of the bad girl syndrome scares many fathers

Keeping up many in prayer awaiting the return of daughters

Beyond dangerous is this present epidemic of evil and sin

Whereby young ladies disdain and disregard the beauty within

Seeking alternatively to fix up everything outwardly

Risk anything to be all the more racy and sexy

Embracing lesbianism and homosexuality

Devaluing the necessity of a strong abiding family

Applauding liberality and trashing chastity

When our daughters birth bastards

What than will our reaction and response be?

Parents take the initiative now and act aggressively!

Lest your children learn their values from sensual society

Ironically many return home seeking answers and security

Truth and morality usually win out over time eventually

As circumstantial hard times speak loudest experientially
God give us womanly role models who can model integrity
Celebrate purity, dress modestly, and live elegantly.

Paul Davis is a FL real estate professional, life coach (relational & professional), worldwide minister, and change master.

Paul is the author of several books including Breakthrough for a Broken Heart; Adultery: 101 Reasons Not to Cheat; Are You Ready for True Love Stop Lusting & Start Living; Waves of God; Supernatural Fire Poems that Propel the Planet; and God vs. Religion.

Paul’s compassion for people & passion to travel has taken him to over 50 countries of the world where he has had a tremendous impact. Paul has served in many war-torn, impoverished and tsunami stricken regions of the earth. His Dream-Maker Inc. is building dreams, breaking limitations & reviving nations.

Paul’s Breakthrough Seminars inspire, revive, awaken, impregnate with purpose, impart the fire of desire, catapult people into a new level of self-awareness, facilitate destiny discovery and dream fulfillment.

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If you’re a fan of the TV show “Seinfeld,” you know that there are generally two kinds of naked: “good naked” and “bad naked.” Good naked was represented by Seinfeld’s beautiful girlfriend, who, as a practicing nudist, liked to sit around the apartment in all her naked goodness. While I’m not entirely sure what the difference between a practicing nudist and one who does not practice is, trust me, this was good naked. Bad naked was demonstrated when Jerry (who should be called Hairy Jerry Seinfeld) decided to join in the naked fun by belt-sanding the floor in the buff. The mere sight of his bad nakedness was enough to drive his girlfriend screaming for the Gap.

While Jerry Seinfeld is not a bad looking guy, the point of the show was this: when it comes to naked, there is a not-so-fine line between the good, the bad and the ugly. A nude Marilyn Monroe lounging on a red velvet spread would be considered good naked. A naked Bill Clinton chowing down on red velvet cake, bad naked. A nude Demi Moore on the cover of “Cosmopolitan Magazine:” good naked. A naked Rush Limbaugh on the cover of “The Conservative Chronicle:” bad naked. Very bad naked. Very, very bad…

Shortly after the good/bad naked episode of “Seinfeld” aired, Black & Decker, Craftsmen and Ronco began putting warning labels on all their products advertising the dangers of combining power tools and salad shooters with bad naked.

“WARNING: Do not sand, saw, grind, drill, hack, rip, split, raze, poke, or grate with any power tool while in the state of bad nakedness. Please call our Bad Naked Hotline at 1-800-SEVERED for further information and assistance. A licensed, practicing nudist is available 24 hours a day to answer your power tool questions. Thank you for purchasing this product. And please, put something on. You’re disgusting!”

What “Seinfeld” failed to mention is that naked, be it good or bad, comes in many different forms. For example, there’s just plain “naked,” which means you’re not wearing clothes and you’re not making a big deal about it. We enter and leave the world in this state of nakedness. It’s the other states in between coming and going that usually get us into trouble.

Next, there’s “Buck Naked” which means you’re not wearing clothes and you’re pretty danged proud of it. Toddlers and young children are the biggest practitioners of buck naked. Who doesn’t remember stripping off their clothes and running naked through the living room like a white-tailed banshee whenever company dropped by? Who can forget streaking for the benefit and amusement of their old man’s boss? And who can forget jumping naked out of the closet whenever the preacher stopped by for a cup of Sunday afternoon coffee and a slice of mama’s apple pie? You never did that? Uh, me neither.

And finally, there’s what Granny Boozie Weinstock used to call, “Buck Dang Naked,” which means, not only are you not wearing clothes, but you’re up to no dang good, as well. For the sake of common decency, I won′t offer examples of BDN here, other than to say that we’ve all been there at one time or another and would probably pay to go back there again.

Naked can also be defined by geographical boundaries. For example, when a northerner gets Buck Dang Naked with a bunch of his friends and they all run across a college campus, that’s called “Yankee Naked.” And it was being practiced to the hilt last week by a bunch of college kids as a bunch more spectators looked on.

The Naked Mile, as those zany Yankees call it, is an annual event held on the University of Michigan′s Ann Arbor campus. This year, over a thousand naked runners participated, streaking merrily across the campus green in full public view. I’m certainly no prude, but I found this shocking! I had no idea they had colleges in Michigan.

While I′m a big fan of naked, I have to ask: what’s wrong with our youth these days? This is what we send our kids to college for? So they can run around naked in public? Whatever happened to the time honored tradition of getting snockered and throwing up in the dean’s car? You never did that, either? Man, you really need to lighten up.

About 1,500 runners let it all hang out last Tuesday night as the run got underway a little after ten pm. Oddly enough, it wasn’t all the naked college students running around that made the event controversial, it was the crowd of 10,000 clothed persons who gathered to watch. It seems a lot of the runners were upset by some of the athletic supporters on the sidelines who brought along video cameras to capture the event for posterity.

“People with their cameras exploit it,” said Rachel Freedman, a junior whose mama and daddy must be very proud. “If they′re videotaping, they better run it themselves.” What Rachel doesn’t seem to understand is that when there are 1,500 buck naked people amassed in one place and there is no admission fee or cover charge, there are going to be people taking pictures.

While there were several confrontations between the runners and people with cameras, all in all the Naked Mile ended without a hitch. There were no arrests for nudity, but several people were cited for RNUI (Running Naked Under the Influence) and one unhappy motorist was arrested for trying to drive through the crowd.

Looks like we found the dean.

A naked footnote:
No column on the many states of naked would be complete without some mention of what’s known in the south as, “Stupid Naked,” so here it is, in this summation of a recent story from the “Mobile Register.”

Rookie firefighters James Harper, 22, and Eric Creel, 23, were injured last week when they attempted to slide down a water-soaked fire pole while in a definite state of Stupid Naked. The mishap took place during a party for graduating recruits at Mobile’s Central Fire Station. Both men suffered severe slide burns, but are expected to fully recover.

Hmm, wonder if these boys ever spent time in Michigan?

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Most music-oriented people always have the desire to learn how to play the guitar. Those who know how to play the instrument want to explore ways to improve their playing skills. Many people do not have the patience to dedicate themselves to learn how to play the guitar.

Some old methods may teach a person how to play the guitar but these older styles of teaching are not necessarily effective today. The new method uses guitar books and visual handouts that show the hand and finger position on the chords and on the strings. This may help those who want to learn by themselves and think that they do not need any help from an instructor.

For some reason, they always end up hiring an instructor. The biggest problem is that a person may find it hard to find a good one that can teach him. There are instances one will learn little or nothing from a “not-so-good teacher’s” influence: becoming discouraged will result in the student stopping his lessons. This might cause a total lack interest in learning to play the guitar.

For a person who wants to learn, he may check the internet where he can find new updated learning tools that will help him learn to play the guitar in just a short period of time. An overnight session may just be enough for a fast learner to understand the basics and learn to play the guitar. Here are premium lessons that will help a person learn to play the guitar overnight from an internet site:

1. Find the desired listed button. This will be an audio file that will let a person hear a quality sound that is played correctly. It will also help the person have an idea if the notes that he is executing matches those of the audio file on the listed button.

2. He may go to the main tutorial screen. The interactive part of the lessons may be found here. A guitar fret board is displayed and has a guide that will enable a person ton see the proper fingering of the chords. He will also see the correct way to change chords and strum at the same time.

3. It is always recommended to see the hand’s page that will explain every detail and will show visuals on how to execute the hands and fingers.

These online lessons found on the internet can help a person to play the guitar in an instant – relatively speaking. It will help a person save time and he may no longer need the assistance of an instructor. Most importantly, passion is needed to make the learning faster and easier.

Bill McRea is the publisher of Guitar Warehouse the best place to guitarwarehouse.com/ Buy Guitar and learn guitar-playing-techniques.com/ Guitar Playing Techniques. Both sites offer free lesson and product sales.

I Eat what I want…and feed a few folks in-between (dedicated to Teun van de Keuken)

I was reading an article today called: “Dutchman: Jail me, I ate slave-made Ivory Coast chocolate” the article goes on to say “– A Dutch journalist asked an Amsterdam court on Friday to convict him for eating chocolate, saying by doing so he was benefiting from child slavery on cocoa farms in Ivory Coast.”

Now here is my point, I’m an American that lives in Lima, Peru and St. Paul, Minnesota. If you ever go down to Miraflores, in Lima, any day, any time of the day, of the year, you will see children selling candy (this is also happen in the downtown area in Huancayo, Peru). This is normal, and yet I do not hear anyone hollering about that. If you ask the kids why they do this, they will say: “We have no mother and father, and live with other relatives, if we want cloths and food, this is what we have to do.” How old are the kids…between six and perhaps twelve. After that age, I’m not sure what happens to the girls, but the boys become shoeshine boys.

Maybe Teun van de Keuken, who is causing all this yuck in the Ivory Coast, should take a trip to Lima. If you stop buying from the kids, as Teun suggest, who is going to pick up the tab for feeding them. You see we all have our moral request, without any long term solutions. Maybe he wants to feed them, care for them. They don’t want to do what they got to do, they just got to do it, to survive. What little they have is in the hands of the few folks that are willing to care for them, that make but a few dollars themselves a day. Take that ugly loving parent away, and they got an even uglier life ahead of them. It is easy for many folks coming to Peru to say: you should do this, and look at that…etc., and go home and sit on their fat…you know what, and thank God they don’t have to return.

The only thing worse than being poor, is starving to death.

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Aquarius resort’s indoor stadium was flooded by visitors for an unusual event, the German university student’s fashion show.

When I was moving around I found there were some students struggling with their own make-up to make it match their dresses and to gain a right balance. They were bothering so much for a mere fashion show. I wondered how participants in a world beauty contest would care over their attire and make-up.

The lights were switched off other than a few red lights. The students were making elegant body movements and gestures just like what one sees at fashion show. They were dancing and singing at times to some melodious German songs.

Once the fashion show was over, I extended my congratulations to Nita who performed so excellently. While I was talking to her, she related some stories and said her mother was a German and father a Spanish.

She asked me whether I had heard of Valencia and when I said “No”, her face darkened and asked me repeatedly “you never heard about Valencia?” Then she asked after a brief pause whether I heard about “Barcelona” and when I said “of course yes”, she smiled and said just north of Barcelona was her father’s native place “Valencia”. “Do you know how beautiful that Mediterranean city is?” and continued, “I like Valencia very much” and narrated the historical importance of Valencia. Her narration was expressive of the love she bore towards her father and his land of birth.

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Tattoos have been around for hundreds of years and can be found in many different cultures. The ancient Egyptians used tattoos, African tribesmen used tattoos and very often these tattoos had a religious significance. In the West tattooing has long been a favorite of servicemen, particularly those serving in the navy. Modern day bikers are also heavily into tattoos and it is not unusual to see them covered from head to foot in tattoos of varying designs. Nowadays it is also becoming more popular for women to have tattoos and most female celebrities appear to have at least one, usually on the upper arm or back.

Traditionally, sailors favored tattoos depicting swallows and anchors, many men also had some tribute to their mother tattooed on their forearm or their upper arm. Swallows in particular seem to be rising in popularity again, and not just among bikers and sailors. Many women are now asking for a tattoo of a swallow on their chest or neck. Some women prefer to have a tattoo on their lower back and the favored designs here are dragons or a lotus flower. Celtic symbols are also popular – originally tribal in nature, these symbols carry an attraction for many people all over the world. The Celtic cross, for example, is recognized almost everywhere and is a very popular tattoo design. Women are much more open about having tattoos now and some of them want quite bold designs. The ankle and the front of the hip are among the more favored areas of the body now – no longer do women want to hide the fact that they may have had a tattoo. If they have paid a lot of money for a unique and intricate tattoo then they usually want other people to see it.

Most people who have tattoos often view them as some sort of statement of their individuality and the designs are a form of self expression. Tribal tattoos such as those used by the Aztec Indians or the ancient Egyptians are again gaining favor and it is not unusual to see a person covered in such tattoos. There are many different kinds of tribal tattoos and it is a good idea to try and stick to a theme if this is the kind of tattoo design that you like best. People who are into astrology will often have their sign of the zodiac in the form of a tattoo – this says something about who they are not just to themselves but to anyone else who recognizes the signs of the zodiac.

Oriental tattoos are also becoming popular and an increasing number of people have some sort of Japanese script as a tattoo. While tattooing itself has a long history the search for many different designs is a much more modern phenomenon.

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