1097852 The premise of “Ink'd" is that my pals at work tell me I've dropped way down on the cool meter with the young kids so I decide to do something of a makeover. <p> <object width="440" height="361"><param name="movie" value="http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/player.swf?mediaId=3773647"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/player.swf?mediaId=3773647" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="440" height="361" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object> A key scene is when I decide to get a tattoo. I'm told getting tattoos can be painful. Because I'm not a real actor I suggested someone do me great harm so that I could emote during the tattoo scene. I had a girl pinch my achilles, which hurts like hell even if you don't already have an injured achilles. I do because my right ankle is not well and my achilles is always tight if not torn. My right ankle was broken on the last play of a game against Oregon in 1980. I just dated myself a lot which will probably lose me cool meter points with the young kids. The girl giving me the tattoo was saucy so that will probably drive the cool meter right back up. Damn it, my ankle hurts. I'm going to go get a bag of ice and blog about other episodes. Young kids love blogs. I just finished watching six episodes of the Jetsons. That is old-school cool on the cool meter, kids. Tope. They told me to drop Tope in the episode. I've never heard anyone say that word until I did. My wife and kids just fell asleep during the fifth Jetsons episode. The DVD is stuck on the last frame, waiting for me to do something. I'm going to turn on the International History Channel while my family sleeps. Tope. Blog. true 2008-12-19T11:37:29Z 75155 1 2008-12-19T11:38:15Z