Hey, holiday symbolism! And before anyone jumps in to criticize, those hand-web piercings are one day old. If they look fresh or irritated … that’s why.

And just like that, friends, another week is behind us. What kinds of hilarious hi-jinx did we get up to this time?

– A brand new interview with The Lizardman! Always nice to hear from our fine, scaly friend.

– VOMIT didn’t drink boners, but she did show us a fancy balloon trick.

– Your managing editor was enlightened about the existence of long-standing Internet meme, and subsequently deleted the Internet, all of it, forever.

– A fine display of piercing-reversal with this stitched-up stretched labret by xPUREx.

– Samurai + serpent + swastikas = one hell of a back-piece.

– Ryan Ouellette and xPUREx would both like to cut you at the Philadelphia Tattoo Arts convention.

– No, really, we had a lot of really tremendous scars this week.

And there you have it. We’ll check back in over the weekend here and there, and then rise from the ashes on Monday morning, good as new. We’ve got some great interviews to look forward to soon, and, what, a complete redesign of BME rolling out any day now? Hell yeah. Be good to each other on this fabricated excuse to sell chocolate, ModBlog, stay safe, and, as always, thank you for your continued support of BME.