Science tattoo… literally

By Shannon • May 2nd, 2008 • Category: ModBlog

I’m probably done (emphasis on “probably” — you know I never follow that “I’m not posting rule” when I say I will) until Monday, but before I go a quick science tattoo done at Exotix in Toronto. As well as BME’s huge “Geek Tattoos” section, I wanted to recommend the superb “Carl Zimmer’s Science Tattoo Emporium” blog, which has lots of science tattoos and their backstories and makes a great read.

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17 Responses »

  1. Mariah on May 2nd, 2008 at 2:04 pm:

    Erlenmeyer was the man.

  2. Fionna on May 2nd, 2008 at 4:59 pm:

    it works, bitches

  3. MetalHouse III on May 2nd, 2008 at 5:30 pm:

    hmmm…dexter’s laboratory flash back. Back in ten minutes.

  4. Xenobiologista on May 2nd, 2008 at 6:09 pm:

    LOL @ Fionna’s xkcd reference!

    Hmm…Thanks for the link to the blog. I’ve got a tattoo from field research (although the subject matter falls more under the “nature/wildlife” category than the “geek” category on BME) and am planning one based on lab research as a reward to self when I finish my MS. (Full sleeve to come after PhD…)

  5. Tsarik on May 2nd, 2008 at 6:47 pm:

    haha! this is just too fucking badass, i love it

  6. Helen on May 2nd, 2008 at 6:52 pm:

    Haha that’s brilliant
    ^_^

  7. snoogans on May 3rd, 2008 at 12:45 am:

    it just makes me think of that quote from anchorman, “it’s science” heheh

  8. Kitteh on May 3rd, 2008 at 12:56 am:

    There’s something wrong with me!
    At first glance I thought it said “semen”, and later when I went back here to look for updates, it looked like “semen” again.

    Love it, tho. The tatto, not the semen. Well, the semen too, but in this context, I meant the tattoo. It’s all sorts of awesome.

  9. cultstatus on May 3rd, 2008 at 1:02 am:

    ha, and i thought my double helix scar was nerdy!
    this is awesome.

  10. severed on May 3rd, 2008 at 6:20 am:

    crudbuckets. now i’ve got ’she blinded me with science’ running through my head and it will not stop.

  11. Coffee on May 3rd, 2008 at 4:43 pm:

    is IS a wonderful day for this!

  12. nope on May 3rd, 2008 at 5:51 pm:

    fun!

  13. HereKittyKitty on May 3rd, 2008 at 7:05 pm:

    #10 Same here!
    And wouldn’t it be cute to have a little boiling flask on the other side =)

  14. Jennifer on May 3rd, 2008 at 11:36 pm:

    Love it but it looks like the orange is so angry, hopefully thats just the shading and not an evil reaction to the ink.

  15. ooElaineoo on May 4th, 2008 at 6:56 pm:

    #10 me too! That’s the first thing I though of. At one of my jobs I heard that song at least once an hour!!

  16. labelle on May 5th, 2008 at 12:53 pm:

    i just got blinded.

  17. Natasha on May 5th, 2008 at 9:56 pm:

    :)
    I’m glad everybody likes my tattoo. It looks angry because this photograph is the day after I got it, and it was quiet scabby.Also, the bubbles are heart, but it doesn’t look very clear in this photo)
    I’m a chem eng major who works in QC and R&D at a chemical plant, so I really must love science! I’m lucky to be in a field where I might have to cover it up for some meetings, but overall my mods are pretty well accepted. (Including my 1″ ear lobes and 2mm nostrils)

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