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Author: Jordan Ginsberg

  • Leave Things The Way You Found Them

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    Jordan Ginsberg


    Hoo boy, this guy? This guy is just a mountain of a man. You know all the stories that have been alternately told throughout the years about Bill Brasky/Vin Diesel/Chuck Norris/Angela Lansbury/etc.? Every time those various feats of strength and hilarity were told, the storyteller was thinking about this man. True story.

    (Tattoos by Jan, Igor and Kaska at Fur Immer Tattoo in Berlin and Classic Ink and Mods in Amsterdam; body hammered out by Hephaestus himself.)

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  • Fall Into the Pot

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    Jordan Ginsberg


    See, you see a photo like this one of Largo and his new friend, and you wonder, was it staged? Did he fall asleep on the beach and wake up with this pinchy little bastard holding on for dear life? Did he lose a bet? Is it just part of the jewelry he’s wearing? Is there a fire burning? Did he bring any lemon slices? Is there rice in the truck? Is th— oh, sorry. I’ll be at Red Lobster if anyone needs me.

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  • This Is Why We Have A “DongBlog” Tag

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    Jordan Ginsberg


    I really don’t have a whole lot to add here: These are some of the greatest photos that have crossed my desk(top) in quite some time. Phil said they reminded him of an epic battle between creatures in a Japanese monster movie (Rodzilla vs. Ghidongra?), and I have to say, that’s a pretty astute observation. Hey, we like to have fun around here, and this—featuring a full bisection and another ostensibly on the way—is one hell of a fun photo set. We’ve got a few more after the jump, and there’s a gigantic gallery if you want to mosey on over to BME/hard.

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  • The Milk’s Gone Bad

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    Jordan Ginsberg


    “But why?” you ask. “Why would someone get a tattoo of a palm tree built out of a hilarious dick and balls?” Who knows? Maybe the wearer is from the islands—nude islands. Maybe she asked for three simple stars to be tattooed, then fell asleep and woke up with this. Maybe it’s some sort of dick-in-palm masturbation joke, of which I would approve entirely. The truth is, we may never know why. But, there is a question we can answer: Not why a person would get this tattoo, but where? The answer, my friends, is beyond the click-through.

    (Tattoo by Lazlow at Altered Images in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.)

  • Renew Thy Force

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    Jordan Ginsberg


    And here, straight from wintry Siberian Novosibirsk, Russia, comes a handsome young gent (with his lobes stretched to an impressive 60 mm.) and his terrifying nightmare doll. Sure, he says it’s part of a “performance” of some kind, and maybe he deserves the benefit of the doubt, but the second that thing shows up in my dreams and tries to devour my soul (only a matter of time, really), I swear to God I am driving to Russia and throwing that creature in the fire pit.

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