'll be 43 in about 2 weeks. Through the years, an uncountable
   amount of people have asked me, "KEN, WHEN ARE YOU GETTING A
   TATTOO?"

   I reply the same way: "When I find a symbol I am willing to die
   with on me."

   They hate that answer, but it's true. I'm not adverse to
   tattoos; they are a marvelous form of self-expression; I even
   got my niece's father into tattooing by buying parts at radio
   shack to help him make a homemade tattoo gun years back [my only
   tattoo - he tested my contraption on my ankle bone, before
   knowing that you just don't do that - some kind of microscopic
   cross at the time less than a 1/4 of an inch that thankfully
   faded after 3 years) - but it worked. He took my confidence in
   him with him and has been working in tattoo parlors for the past
   20 years.

   But anyway...

   I'm still searching for "that symbol". When i find it, I'll do
   much as you did, because I'll no longer be able to say, "When I
   find a symbol I'm willing to die with" when asked. I'll be
   treated to a free tattoo by enthusiastic people who will enjoy
   every grimace I make, but I'll do it.