SCENE: Tim Appnel walking the halls of ETech 2006 when Rich Gibson leaps into his view from off the floor.
Rich: Hey! Is Ben answering your email? Did you hear why Hammersley's isn't here? He's is getting a 3 foot tattoo down his side?
Tim: Really?!? I've heard from him a bit because of the big project he has going on. He got one down his back right before OSCON.
Rich: I know!
Tim: Three foot though?!? What is it this time?
Rich: I don't know, but that's what I'm hearing. I'll let you know if I hear anything else.
Tim and Rich part company.
SCENE: In another part of the hotel in another hall Tim spots the lovely Paula Le Dieu approaching.
Tim: Paula my dear! I have a question to ask you.
Paula: Wait. Wait. I know. Yes he did. It's a 3 foot long dragon down his side. He just got the outline today. It gets filled in 2 weeks from now. He also said it hurt like hell.
Tim smiles and shakes his head slowly trying to process what he just heard. Finally....
Tim: What a wild man!
It was true. Our favorite english gentleman was on his way to becoming a living canvas. Yesterday those two weeks were up.
I now present to you Ben's finished three foot dragon tattoo. More on Flickr here.
Oddly enough the Netflix DVD I had just watched was the night before was Enter The Dragon.
