http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/?cxntfid=blogs_black_sheep_betty Black Sheep Betty takes on counterculture topics such as bold tattoos, fast motorcycles and loud rockabilly music. Betty (also known as Waco Trib staffer Jodi White) is a white-collar chick living in a blue-collar world with two young children and a colorful collection of friends.If you you use an RSS reader, here is the feed for Black Sheep Betty: XML. en-us bkabat@wacotrib.com 2009-02-10T10:05:09-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Black Sheep Betty takes on counterculture topics such as bold tattoos, fast motorcycles and loud rockabilly music. Betty (also known as Waco Trib staffer Jodi White) is a white-collar chick living in a blue-collar world with two young children and a colorful collection of friends.If you you use an RSS reader, here is the feed for Black Sheep Betty: XML. Thanks for all the well-wishes and encouragement to start posting again, you guys! I am feeling much, much better! I had pneumonia last week, and I about went crazy from having to stay home in bed. I’m not very good... http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/entries/2009/02/10/goodbye_from_betty.html?cxntfid=blogs_black_sheep_betty Thanks for all the well-wishes and encouragement to start posting again, you guys! I am feeling much, much better! I had pneumonia last week, and I about went crazy from having to stay home in bed. I’m not very good... 10740303@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/ 2009-02-10T10:05:09-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/entries/2009/02/09/bettys_feeling_better.html?cxntfid=blogs_black_sheep_betty Black Sheep Betty is over her case of pneumonia, but the blog is on hiatus for now.... 10708403@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/ 2009-02-09T11:32:17-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/entries/2009/02/03/get_well_soon_betty.html?cxntfid=blogs_black_sheep_betty Black Sheep Betty is out with a case of pneumonia. We wish her a speedy recovery and hope she’s back blogging soon.... 10557803@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/ 2009-02-03T18:10:28-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/entries/2009/02/02/flatland_bmx_check_this_out.html?cxntfid=blogs_black_sheep_betty Me play X-games? Ha! I can’t hardly keep a dirtbike or bicycle upright, much less do tricks or win races. The last time I tried to ride my son’s JR-50 I about ran into a barbed wire fence. Maybe that’s... 10506003@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/ 2009-02-02T09:14:08-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/entries/2009/01/29/thongs_up_or_thongs_down.html?cxntfid=blogs_black_sheep_betty Part of my job here at the Trib involves placing and editing the Dear Abby columns. Sometimes, they’re rather entertaining. There were two Dear Abby columns that ran yesterday and the day before in our paper about an interesting, if... 10424703@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/ 2009-01-29T09:43:25-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/entries/2009/01/28/drowning_in_relationship_books.html?cxntfid=blogs_black_sheep_betty What is it with divorce and the inevitable flow of “relationship” books that follow. I’m seriously about to take a big bag full of these things to the nearest used bookstore. And I feel guilty for doing that, because someone... 10407003@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/ 2009-01-28T17:17:00-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/entries/2009/01/28/creeps_that_make_you_go_hmmm.html?cxntfid=blogs_black_sheep_betty As I was walking into Hot Topic the other day, manager Eddie stopped me and said, “Jodi, I’ve got just the shirt for you. We just got it in!” He took me over to a clothes rack and their... 10220703@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/ 2009-01-28T12:46:55-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/entries/2009/01/27/under_eye_piercings_what_do_ya.html?cxntfid=blogs_black_sheep_betty When I was at the tattoo show a couple of weekends ago, I noticed that some of the girls had piercings high up on their cheekbones, right under their eyes. I really liked them. I’m not saying I’m going to... 10350603@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/ 2009-01-27T10:21:03-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/entries/2009/01/26/sugar_skull_tattoosy.html?cxntfid=blogs_black_sheep_betty Sugar skulls are associated with the Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos), a holiday celebrated mainly in Mexico, but also by some here in the U.S. and in Canada. On Nov. 1 and 2nd, family and friends... 10320303@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/ 2009-01-26T10:28:43-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/entries/2009/01/22/rule_number_one.html?cxntfid=blogs_black_sheep_betty As we get older we lose our innocence. The more we say, “That’s not fair,” the more we lose some of the shine in our eyes. The rose-colored glasses slowly fade to a dingy gray. We realize our parents... 10162703@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/ 2009-01-22T08:55:36-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/entries/2009/01/21/too_proud_to_be_texan_heck_no.html?cxntfid=blogs_black_sheep_betty I was out with some new girlfriends last weekend, and they made the mistake of introducing politics to our conversation. Needless to say, their politics were NOT the same as mine. I try not to delve into politics too... 10214003@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/ 2009-01-21T09:36:19-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/entries/2009/01/19/a_dose_of_the_good_life.html?cxntfid=blogs_black_sheep_betty Wow. Just a couple of weeks ago I was wallowing in the break-up blues. Today, I have reached a new place of contentment. It’s amazing how resilient the human spirit can be. One day it feels like dirt is closing... 10162203@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/ 2009-01-19T10:42:01-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/entries/2009/01/19/chick_chest_tattoos_dig_em_or.html?cxntfid=blogs_black_sheep_betty I went to Big Daddy’s last week and made a new friend, a bartender there named Tracy. She recognized my look right off. She said, “You’ve got the rockabilly look going on.” LOL. It was an instant something in common.... 10091903@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/ 2009-01-19T08:14:10-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/entries/2009/01/15/its_none_of_your_business.html?cxntfid=blogs_black_sheep_betty I’ve seen a bit of the Waco bar scene over the past few months, and one thing I’ve found is it’s a relatively small circle of people who circulate amongst them. And everybody seems to know everybody else’s business. I... 10063703@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/ 2009-01-15T08:37:44-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/entries/2009/01/14/tattoos_and_disturbed_heck_yea.html?cxntfid=blogs_black_sheep_betty The Star of Texas Tattoo Art Revival Tattoo show was a blast this year. It was my first year to go without my ex-husband, which was a little alien, but also pretty darn liberating. I met Fat Cat’s widow and... 10007603@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/blacksheepbetty/ 2009-01-14T10:18:37-06:00