"interesting articles"

my sweetie 'n' i joke that in our dotage, we'll be considered weird because we don't dye our hair or have multiple body piercings or tattoos. in fact, i've been surprised to see how many westie soccer moms and middle aged folk that come in the market are tattoo'd 'n' pierced.

my oldest niece, who just graduated from the most expensive college in new joisey with a fine arts degree and has her own business making wrestling gear (her b-f's a wrestler), wears ink and has piercings. her parents don't dig it, and let her know by emailing her "interesting articles" about tattoo removal. this was a favorite tactic of her grandfather, only he'd send hardcopy "interesting articles" he cut out of the paper. (her mother would be mortified by the comparison.) when we were going through the piles of paper in his old house last summer, i found loads of envelopes filled with clippings he'd received from his friends. i told my niece, "this is what people used to do before they could email each other links."