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  • It’s Tee Time!

    Written by

    Rob

    For those of us north of the US border, fall is in full swing.  Days are starting to cool, and nights are getting noticeably longer.  Longer nights mean less daylight, which in turn means less golf time.  That’s probably the reason half of the population of Florida in the winter is snowbirds.  They just need to get their golf fix.

    For IAM: Ebayoyo, he gets his golf fix in another way.

    tee

    So my photoshop skills aren’t the best, but I think you get the idea.  To see the rest of the image, just keep on reading.

    FORE!

    In case you haven’t guessed, this picture comes from the CBT gallery in BME’s Hard section.

    Of course this image begs the question, would teeing off from a penis affect one’s handicap?  Possibly if it hooked to the right or left I suppose.

  • Life, liberty, and the pursuit of modification

    Written by

    Rob

    The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. It is it’s natural manure.

    –Thomas Jefferson

    Now, when it comes to quotes from the founding fathers, there’s always room for interpretation.  Context is always key, which is something that tends to be forgotten in today’s political climate.  One thing is definite, the line about “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”, was a notion that at its core is a positive one.  Now people can debate until they’re blue in the face about how those ideals should be met, and what the original intentions behind them were, but if you were to just take the statement on its own, it certainly is applicable to the modified community.  For the most part, all any of us want is to be able to express ourselves in any way we see fit.  It just so happens that it involves modifying the physical body, as opposed to making a statement in a letter or painting a picture.

    Recently Brian performed this blended scarification and branding piece on one of his clients.  With the choice of the word liberty as the focus of the piece, the owner is showing off just how she is able to exercise her free will, and take control of her own body in a way she sees fit.

    liberty

    As to whether the owner got this scar/brand with the famous words in mind, only she will ever know.  As observers we can just sit back and interpret it however we see fit, which is exactly what the philosophy of liberty allows us to do.

    You can get a closer look at this piece in the Brian Decker gallery, and if you’re so inclined, feel free to leave a comment on the photo.  If you’re logged into your BME account you can add a comment to any image in the galleries.

  • People of Walgreens

    Written by

    Rob

    Walmart seems to have a monopoly on the crazies when it comes to shoppers.  Ok, maybe not crazy, but eccentric, as evidenced by the many images on the people of walmart website.  Now while Walmart may be the place to go to when you want to see someone walking around in an outfit created entirely of stuffed animal skins, Walgreens seems to be the place you go when you want to see attractive modified people.  If you happened to be in one recently, you may have had the opportunity to see a pretty girl like IAM: Whitney strolling down the aisle.

    IAM: Whitney

    Earlier in the week some people were asking what happened to the BME boys and BME girls posts on Fridays.  I don’t know the status of the calendar posts, or the regular weekly column, but what I do know is that I personally don’t see why I should save the pictures of attractive people just for Fridays, but that’s just me.

    As for Whitney’s picture, it popped up in the stretched lobe gallery this morning, so I’d imagine this picture is fairly recent.

  • Guess who got hitched?

    Written by

    Rob

    IAM: Pincushion_Princess and IAM: Dominick269, that’s who!

    They got married back in August and uploaded a couple of pictures from their wedding day a few days ago.  I don’t know the couple personally, but from the pictures it’s easy to see how much these two care about each other.  So from all of us at BME: Congratulations and we wish you all the best!

    Congrats!!

    Over in the BME Culture gallery there are more images from the wedding, in addition to the ones they have on their IAM pages.

  • The Final Countdown

    Written by

    Rob

    Ok, so maybe it’s not the “final” countdown, but this negative space tattoo cutting Brian Decker did recently does evoke the old movie countdown graphic.

    72

    As for the number 72?  Well, I did some looking into information about the number 72, and I found a lot more than I expected.  The most common interpretation comes from Hebrew, which is that 72 is the number that represents the name of god, or at least the shortened version from the 216 character name.  But this is just the starting point.

    The number 72 appears in the mythos of numerous cultures all over the world.  Islam and Christianity both have occurrences where 72 is a significant number, both to Jesus and Muhammad.  In Tarot, Babylonian-Mesopotamian Numerology, Satanism, and Taoism, 72 pops up again and again as a number of importance.  A lot of the times number refers to a set grouping, either in terms of two groups of 36, or a single unit of 72.  If you’re really curious about the specifics, this wiki article has a good breakdown of the details.

    As for what significance it played for the person in the picture, I honestly don’t know.  Yet it certainly is significant to them.  Of course after I spent some time looking into meanings, someone will come along and point out that it’s probably the year he was born.

    Update:  The owner of the arm is none other than IAM: Nilrem.  In addition to Brian’s scar, the tattoo was done by Corey Ferguson, both of whom Nilrem found through BME.  As for the meaning of the tattoo:  the 72 represents his life expectancy.  Check the comments below for the specifics, as well as his IAM page to see how it’s healing up.

    As for Mr. Decker.  He’s been uploading a lot of new images to his BME gallery, so it’s worth a visit to check out what he’s been up to.

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