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So I promised a photoblog, and here it is, courtesy of the mighty Steven "Inker" Gabriel of Guideline Tattoo in East Hartford Connecticut, whose inkstained forearms you are about to get to know very well indeed.
I'm just the beard. matociquala 2008
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But even as an ex-inkstained wretch myself, I cou ...
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But even as an ex-inkstained wretch myself, I couldn't avoid the contradictions contained in this week's report by the American Press Institute: its Newspaper Economic Action Plan.
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But even as an ex-inkstained wretch myself, I cou ...
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Another non-inkstained-wretch gizmo that served me well was a $9.99 (delivery included!) pay-as-you-go cell phone which gave the world immediate access to me directly from the floor.
Yanqui Mike Skowronek: Blogging The DNC For Buenos Aires Expats 2008
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Smitty is always the hard-bitten, inkstained finger, cigar-smoking reporter with a hat askew, typing furiously on an old Smith Corona, as he issues insulting, cynical wisecracks to those around him, especially the lone woman reporter.
"As Cindy McCain faithfully shadows her husband... it's hard to imagine that she was once the senior member of their partnership." Ann Althouse 2008
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Both hands are inkstained now, patterns traced on and rubbed off and marked over.
jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2005
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My hands are still those of a stranger - inkstained and marked - although the patterns and pictures are slowly fading, smearing, turning into nothing more than shadows.
jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2003
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Some inkstained wretches in the press hooted and slammed Gore for exaggerating, as he had done in the past.
Who's Looking Out for You O'Reilly, Bill 2003
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Tiny furry little hands were squeezing themselves through the cracks, their fingers were inkstained; tiny voices chattered insanely.
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas 1996
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