Somehow, it has come to pass that neither of my kids has a tattoo. This is a miracle, and it makes me happy every day. Have you noticed that the proportion of tattooed designers on Project Runway has grown alarmingly from year to year? But now, I have found tattoos even a mother could love: these wonderful manly men dolls made by mimi kirchner (click here) with TOILE tattoos!

When I was little, my father taught me a wonderful song about a tattooed lady:

I paid a dime to see
A Scotch tattooed lassie.
She was a sight to see.
Tattooed from head to knee.
Up and down her spine
Was the Queen’s own navy line.
Across her kidney
Was a bird’s eye view of Sydney.
But what I liked best
Was across her chest…
My home in the hills of Tennessee.

Or something to that effect.

If you love pit bulls, and I do, click here to get The Unexpected Pit Bull Calendar for 2008.
(Thank you, Tilly!)
Also, you can get a signed copy of Ken Foster’s wonderful book Dogs I have Met and the money will be donated to Pit Bull Rescue Central. click here.

Katz’s Deli not only has gigantic delicious corned beef sandwiches (mmm), it has a great web site with an excellent lexicon of Yiddish essentials. check it out here.

I missed the important 11/11 meeting of the esteemed Corduroy Appreciation Club, but I am happy to hear there is a 1/11 meeting planned! This is the only club I belong to, so at least once a year I think I should be able to say, like a 19th century English ne’er do well aristocrat: I’m going to my club. See you there! (Thank you, Noah!)