there’s a new facebook event called the international transgender day of visability. and yes, that’s the “correct” spelling. i’m not sure yet how i feel about it. some days, i feel way too visible. other days, i feel invisible. and i’m not sure which is better.

from this thread, about 9 comments down, over on the bilerico site:

All things can be handled without violence – or threats of violence.

“only a sith deals in absolutes”
~ obi-wan kenobi, revenge of the sith

when the bad guys break down your door, and perpetrate violence against you, that is not the time to spout philosophical niceties. that is the time to ready your 12 gauge, aim, then fire. violently.

dude at range: “wow, you’re not bad with that .22 pistol”
me: thanks!
dude at range: “you know, you could actually shoot someone’s eye out.”

the ruger 10/22 did well, but since i forgot to bring a screwdriver, i couldn’t sight it in. i took off the red dot and shot with the factory iron sights for the rest of the day. it was shooting a bit high, which is expected since the range is only 25 yards. the grouping was pretty tight, so the rifle works well. i just need to get a few extra mags – one 10 shot is not nearly enough.

i picked up this ruger 10/22 rifle at cabela’s on thursday night on sale. got a great price, and i used my $20 off coupon. i also opened a cabela’s credit card, and got an additional $20 off. i put on a red dot sight, which i’ll try out at the range today.

these 10/22′s are great little .22 rifles, and there’s a million aftermarket parts and accessories available. be certain that before long, this rifle will look a lot different…

the gay, lesbian, and straight education network released the first comprehensive study on transgender students. they call their study harsh realities: the experiences of transgender
youth in our nation’s schools (links to a pdf). a recap is here. one of the issues they found as result of the study is that trans youth face an extremely high level of victimization in school, even more than their lbt peers.

did they really need a study to discover that?

ever.

from this t i got today at hot topic.

when i saw these elephants, i thought of kelly.

cabelas in glendale has ammo in stock as of 6:00 pm tonight. i got a few boxes of 9mm, and a box of .38 wadcutters. the guy in front of me had an entire shopping cart filled with winchester .40 cal ammo. it’s going fast. get there, before it’s all gone.

so i finally got around to installing a magazine extension to my remington 870 shotgun. it was a pretty easy install. just unscrew the existing magazine cap, pry out the magazine spring retainer, slide out the old magazine spring, slide in the new spring, screw on the extension, and then the magazine brace. took all of five minutes. and i’ve increased capacity by 2 shells.